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Greek
Etymology
Sense "angel", inherited from Hellenistic Koine Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”), a semantic loan from Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'ach, “angel” or “messenger of God”).
Sense "messenger", learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋ.ɟe.los/
- Hyphenation: άγ‧γε‧λος
Noun
άγγελος • (ángelos) m (plural άγγελοι)
- angel
- φύλακας άγγελος ― fýlakas ángelos ― guardian angel
- messenger, news bearer, envoy, herald
- (figuratively) a loved one
- άγγελέ μου ― ángelé mou ― my sweetheart
- (figuratively) a selfless person
- (taxonomy) Chondrichthyes
- Synonym: Χονδριχθύες (Chondrichthýes)
Declension
Compare to the given name Άγγελος.
- αγγελάκι n (angeláki, “cherub”, diminutive)
- αγγελία f (angelía, “announcement, message”)
- αγγελιάζομαι (angeliázomai, “to receive an announcement”)
- αγγελιαφόρος m (angeliafóros, “messenger”), αγγελιοφόρος (angeliofóros)
- αγγελική f (angelikí, “angelica”)
- αγγελικός (angelikós, “angelic”)
- άγγελμα n (ángelma, “message”)
- αγγελοκρούω (angelokroúo, “reveive the knock, view the angel of death, frighten”)
- αγγελόμορφος (angelómorfos, “angelic”)
- αγγελούδι n (angeloúdi, “little angel”, diminutive)
- αγγελτήριο n (angeltírio, “notice, wedding announcement”)
- απαγγελία f (apangelía, “recitation, elocution”)
- αρχαγγελικός (archangelikós, “archangelic”, adjective)
- αρχαγγέλινος (archangélinos, “archangelic”, adjective)
- επαγγελία f (epangelía, “promise”)
- Ευαγγελία f (Evangelía, “Evangelia”)
- καταγγελία f (katangelía, “complaint, denunciation”)
- προάγγελος f (proángelos, “harbinger, precursor”)
- and see: αγγέλλω (angéllo, “to announce”)
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