I'm looking for beginner-level Modern Greek classes in NYC. Are there any that folks would particularly recommend? Places in Manhattan would probably be easiest for me, but I'll trek out to Astoria if that's where I oughtta go.
posted on Jun 27, 2007 - 5 answers

I need to find the word meaning "a word with mixed Latin and Greek roots." It's not just "hybrid word," but a word that specifically indicated Greek and Latin origins. I've had several people remark that they know it but can't think of it, and my search skills have failed thusfar.
posted on May 6, 2007 - 10 answers

What do Greek speakers call dinosaurs? Do they use the same Greek-derived words that English speakers do ("dinosaur", "tyrannosaurus", "stegosaurus", etc)? Do these names sound as silly to them as calling those extinct animals "terrible lizards", "tyrant lizards", and "roof lizards" would to us?
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - 20 answers

(Language filter, idle question): does the name for the Greek goddess "Eos" also mean "dawn"? More to the point, does it have a plural formation.... [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2006 - 12 answers

I need to switch quickly between French and Greek keyboard layouts/character sets. [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2006 - 7 answers

I want to read Plato in the original Greek. Unfortunately, I don't know any. [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2006 - 27 answers

In the spring there was a lot of discussion about the Oxyrhynchus papyri, but since then the news has totally died down. Has anything new been deciphered yet? [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 2 answers