ancestor
ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόν → sleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
one's ancestors: P. and V. οἱ πάλαι, οἱ πρόσθεν, P. οἱ ἄνωθεν, οἱ προπάτορες, V. οἱ πάρος.
Translations
ancestor
Acehnese: indatu; Arabic: سَلَف; Armenian: նախնի, նախահայր; Azerbaijani: əcdad, ata-baba; Bashkir: ата-баба; Belarusian: продак; Breton: gourdad; Bulgarian: прародител, праотец; Catalan: avantpassat, ancestre, antecessor; Chamicuro: ka'nil sheye; Chinese Cantonese: 祖先; Mandarin: 祖先; Cornish: hendas; Crimean Tatar: ecdat; Czech: předek; Danish: forfader, stamfader; Dutch: voorouder; Esperanto: praulo; Estonian: esivanem; Ewe: tɔgbui; Farefare: sɔa, yaaba; Faroese: forfaðir; Finnish: esi-isä, esivanhempi; French: ancêtre; Galician: devanceiro, antergo, antenado, antecesor; Georgian: წინაპარი; German: Vorfahr, Vorfahrin, Ahn, Ahne, Ahne, Ahnin, Urahn, Urahne, Urahne, Stammvater, Stammmutter, Familiengründer; Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌰; Greek: πρόγονος, προπάτορας; Ancient Greek: πρόγονος, γενέτης; Hindi: पूर्वज; Hungarian: ős, előd, felmenő; Ido: ancestro; Indonesian: leluhur, moyang; Irish: sinsear, sinsearach; Italian: antenato, ascendente, avo, abiatico, progenitore; Japanese: 先祖, 祖先; Korean: 조상(祖上), 선조(先祖); Kurdish Central Kurdish: با و باپیر; Latin: progenitor, progenitrix, avus, ava; Latvian: sencis, sence; Macedonian: предок; Malay: nenek moyang, leluhur; Maore Comorian: mudzaɗe; Maori: kohika, kahika, whātua, tīpuna, tūpuna, kauwheke, heinga, pūtake; Moore: yaaba; Norman: anchêtre; Norwegian Bokmål: forfader, stamfar; Nynorsk: forfar, forfader, stamfar; Occitan: ancessor; Old English: ieldra; Old Turkic: 𐰯𐰀; Plautdietsch: Väavoda; Polish: przodek, wstępny, antenat, antenatka; Portuguese: ancestral, antepassado; Romanian: strămoș, străbun; Russian: предок, прародитель, пращур, праотец; Scottish Gaelic: sinnsear; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: предак, праотац, претка, предкиња, прамајка, прародитељ; Roman: predak, praotac, pretka, predkinja, pramajka, praroditelj; Sinhalese: මුතුන් මිත්තෝ; Slovak: predok; Slovene: prédnik anim, prédnica; Spanish: ancestro, antepasado; Sundanese: karuhun; Swahili: mhenga or wa; Swedish: förfader; Thai: บรรพบุรุษ; Tok Pisin: tambaran, tumbuna; Turkish: ata; Ukrainian: предок; Vietnamese: tổ tiên; Volapük: büröletan, hibüröletan, jibüröletan; Welsh: cyndad, hynafiad, cyndadau; Yiddish: אָבֿ