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A first list of Katharevousa words, each with its source.
A first list, in progress. Every word was found in at least one published source, named beside it. Words marked Unconfirmed have not yet been checked against a second independent source, and none has been reviewed by the editorial board. The meanings are written by us.
30 words · 0 confirmed · 30 unconfirmed
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): μονοπάτι, ατραπός (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): κόκκινος, ερυθρός (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, paragraph on plant names: "όχι γιούλι αλλά ίον" (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): ψάρι, ιχθύς (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): σκύλος, κύων (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): άσπρος, λευκός (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): πέτρα, λίθος (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): μαύρος, μέλας (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): βουνό, όρος (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Ηλιόπουλος, Θωμάς Γ. (2012) «Σκεπτόγραμμα», Νέος Κόσμος (Greek edition), 5 April 2012; copyrighted journalism, citable, column text, katharevousa and demotic examples (Seen in a newspaper column; needs a lexicographic second source)
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): πουλί, πτηνόν (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): φεγγάρι, σελήνη (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): συκώτι, ήπαρ (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): μαλλιά, κόμη (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): κόκ(κ)αλο, οστούν (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): μάτι, οφθαλμός (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): μύτη, ρις (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Λεξικολογία, Ζ΄ εξάμηνο, μάθημα 6 (7 November 2024), course LIT1931, University of Patras eClass; lecturer not named in the slides; copyrighted course material, citable, slide headed ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΡΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΔΑΝΕΙΣΜΟΥ (slides unnumbered) (Seen in university lecture slides listing learned forms against folk ones; the slides frame these as learned words, not Katharevousa as such, so Katharevousa status needs a lexicographic source)
Source: Λεξικολογία, Ζ΄ εξάμηνο, μάθημα 6 (7 November 2024), course LIT1931, University of Patras eClass; lecturer not named in the slides; copyrighted course material, citable, slide headed ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΡΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΔΑΝΕΙΣΜΟΥ (slides unnumbered) (Seen in university lecture slides listing learned forms against folk ones; the slides frame these as learned words, not Katharevousa as such, so Katharevousa status needs a lexicographic source)
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): φωτιά, πυρ (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): στάχτη, τέφρα (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Γιαννουλοπούλου, Γιαννούλα (2001) «Η νέα ελληνική γλώσσα μετά τη διγλωσσία» [Δ3], Εγκυκλοπαιδικός Οδηγός για τη γλώσσα, Portal for the Greek Language, Centre for the Greek Language; copyrighted, citable, Δ3, main text (learned and folk doublets) (Seen on the Portal guide page; needs a lexicographic second source)
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): πλαγιάζω, κατακλίνομαι (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): σκοτώνω, φονεύω (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Λεξικολογία, Ζ΄ εξάμηνο, μάθημα 6 (7 November 2024), course LIT1931, University of Patras eClass; lecturer not named in the slides; copyrighted course material, citable, slide headed ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΡΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΔΑΝΕΙΣΜΟΥ (slides unnumbered) (Seen in university lecture slides listing learned forms against folk ones; the slides frame these as learned words, not Katharevousa as such, so Katharevousa status needs a lexicographic source)
Source: Λεξικολογία, Ζ΄ εξάμηνο, μάθημα 6 (7 November 2024), course LIT1931, University of Patras eClass; lecturer not named in the slides; copyrighted course material, citable, slide headed ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΡΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΔΑΝΕΙΣΜΟΥ (slides unnumbered) (Seen in university lecture slides listing learned forms against folk ones; the slides frame these as learned words, not Katharevousa as such, so Katharevousa status needs a lexicographic source)
Source: Ηλιόπουλος, Θωμάς Γ. (2012) «Σκεπτόγραμμα», Νέος Κόσμος (Greek edition), 5 April 2012; copyrighted journalism, citable, column text, katharevousa and demotic examples (Seen in a newspaper column; needs a lexicographic second source)
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): γεμάτος, πλήρης (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Στούκας, Μιχάλης (2022) «Η γλώσσα του νέου ελληνικού κράτους (19ος αιώνας)», ProtoThema, 22 October 2022; copyrighted journalism, citable, list of common word pairs (demotic and learned): νερό, ύδωρ (Pair seen in a press article on the 19th century language question; needs an academic or lexicographic second source (Vyzantios or Triantafyllides λόγιο label))
Source: Γιαννουλοπούλου, Γιαννούλα (2001) «Η νέα ελληνική γλώσσα μετά τη διγλωσσία» [Δ3], Εγκυκλοπαιδικός Οδηγός για τη γλώσσα, Portal for the Greek Language, Centre for the Greek Language; copyrighted, citable, Δ3, main text (consonant clusters) (Seen on the Portal guide page; needs a lexicographic second source)