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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas), from Bulgarian върколак (vǎrkolak), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɾiˈkolakas/
- Hyphenation: βρι‧κό‧λα‧κας
Noun
βρικόλακας • (vrikólakas) m (plural βρικόλακες)
- (mythology, folklore) vampire (the Greek folklore depiction, a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of the living)
Πήγαινε να κοιμηθείς, πριν έρθει ο βρικόλακας να σε φάει!- Pígaine na koimitheís, prin érthei o vrikólakas na se fáei!
- Go to sleep before the vampire comes to eat you!
- (figuratively) unpleasant reminder, unpleasant remnant (of the past)
Το Άουσβιτς και τα άλλα στρατόπεδα εξόντωσης είναι οι βρικόλακες του Ολοκαυτώματος.- To Áousvits kai ta álla stratópeda exóntosis eínai oi vrikólakes tou Olokaftómatos.
- Auschwitz and the other extermination camps are the unpleasant reminders of the Holocaust.
Declension
Synonyms
- βαμπίρ n (vampír, “vampire”)
- δράκουλας m (drákoulas, “vampire - Western 'Dracula' depiction”)
Derived terms
- βρικολακιάζω (vrikolakiázo, “to turn into a vampire; to bring up bad memories”)