Calliope
The word for winning - It's also a brand.
Nike
The Greek word that is also a baseball term
base
You use this every day - all day. You are not allowed to use this thing in the classroom.
telephone
A talent competition called American ...
idol
They became extinct millions of years ago.
dinosaurs
It was created by ... milk (Hera's milk).
galaxy
Mr Phytos is an expert in this.
music
Name at least 2 school subjects whose names are Greek, but Ms. Sardi and I don't teach them.
Mathematics
History
physical education
music
geography
The word comes from the name of the Ancient Greek goat-god, who spread terror among nymphs .
panic
It comes from the Greek verb planomai (πλανώμαι), which means “to wander.”
planet
Thousands of long-distance races take place every year around the world.
marathon
Someone who walks on the edge, often on tiptoe. From the words akri (άκρη — “tip” or “edge”) and the verb vaino
acrobat
Combining demos (δήμος — “people”) and kratos (κράτος — “power”),or simply put: power to the people!
democracy
the eye doctor
ophthalmologist
She was a nymph who was known for her beautiful voice and her ability to entertain others with her conversational wit. Hera cursed her to only be able to repeat the words of others, ensuring that she could not communicate with anyone except by reciting their words back to them.
Echo
This word means foreign or strange. It was used by the Greeks to refer to anyone who did not speak their language. The term was onomatopoeic, mimicking the sound of foreign languages that the Greeks could not understand.
Barbarian
This is an exclamation of joy or triumph that is used to express excitement or jubilation upon discovering or solving something. The word stems from the infamous story of the Greek scholar Archimedes who was struggling to solve a problem related to the density of an object. Upon realizing the solution to the problem, he shouted this word which literally means ‘I have found it’ in Greek.
Eureka
The term is used to describe schools, colleges, and universities, as well as specialized institutions focused on specific fields such as science or the arts.
Academy
The big horse in the rivers
Hippopotamus
The biggest one in NY is close to us, right here in the Bronx.
Zoo (ζώον)
These can only be observed through a microscope.
microbes (mikros “small” + bios “life”), parasites (para– “beside” + sitos “food”) or bacteria (“small rods)
“uncuttable” – a term and concept that first appeared in the writings of the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Leucippus. We are all made of these little pieces.
Atom - atomon
They are shiny and last forever.
Diamonds
From a prefix, that means “against, opposite” and the adjective that means “of the bear” which, in this case, is the constellation of the Great Bear (Megale Arktos, Ursa Major). We are looking for the name of a continent.
Antarctica ( anti = across+ arctic = bear)
Butter