Transliterations
The transliteration of ᾍδης
Hades
The stem of mors, mortis.
mort-
The verb scio, scire, scitum, which we find in the word conscious, means this.
to know
Like "political", the word "polite" also comes from this Greek word.
polis
From the Latin urbs, urbis, this literally means pertaining to the city.
urban
The transliteration of φοβερός
phoberos
The stems of iugulo, iugulare, iugulatum
iugula-, iugulat-
In Latin the word for sexual desire is cupido -- the Greek equivalent is this.
eros
The "senate" is literally a group of these.
Old men
aristocratic
The transliteration of θάνατος
thanatos
The stem of monstrum, monstri
monstr-
The Latin equivalent of the Greek psyche meaning soul, life, breath, etc.
The Greek aristos, whence the word "aristocracy" literally means this.
best
From the Latin premo, premere, pressum, a psychological term literally meaning "the act of pressing back"
repression
The transliteration of δαίμων
demon
The stems of patior, pati, passum
pati-, pass-
The literal meaning of the Jungian term "persona", from which we get the word "personality"
mask
If you got too popular in an Athenian democracy, this is what might happen to you.
Ostracism.
Literally, state or quality of having dark bile in one's system.
Melancholy
The transliteration of εἴδωλον
idolon / eidolon
The stem of metus, metus
met-
A Freudian psychological term (and commonly used adjective) literally meaning "woven together"
complex
Our word "republic" comes from the Latin "res publica", which literally means this ("the public ____").
thing (res)
Literally, the state or quality of being mask-like.
personality