SITE SEARCHES NOTE

Searches for the English and Latin words are straightforward.

For Greek words searches can be entered:-

either in unicode Greek text (either “with all accents, breathings, subscripts etc.” or “just the basic unicode letters without any markings at all” - e.g.  ἀνθρώπῳ or ανθρωπω);

or in an English transliteration of the Greek as outlined below.

Greek words have been transliterated to English for search purposes without any accents, breathings etc, but with iota subscript retained (e.g. λόγῳ = logwi).  It is hoped that this makes for greater ease of searching for those who may not be familiar with all the complexities of Greek accents and breathings. The pattern of transliteration is given a little further down the page.

(The text of all the main Greek text pages are indexed as indicated above, but where there is Greek text in associated notes searches are more likely to be successful if words are entered in English letters according to the transliteration scheme outlined below. If you are wondering how to enter text in unicode Greek you could try one of the products at http://www.tavultesoft.com with one of the classical Greek keyboards that can be found through the search facility there.)

IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO "WILDCARD" SEARCHES WHICH MAY BE VERY USEFUL WHEN LOOKING FOR ALL FORMS OF, SAY, A GREEK NOUN. So anthrwp* will find all instances of  forms of ἄνθρωπος. It is also possible to put the wildcard * at the beginning or in the middle of a word. So it is possible to use a search such as *noia* to look for all instances of words that have νοια in the middle. Such wildcard searches should work with unicode Greek text or English transliterated text.

A search from one of the main text pages, or the homepage will give results on a special page from which it is possible to carry out slightly more sophisticated searches.

SCHEME OF GREEK TO ENGLISH LETTER TRANSLITERATION

Alpha (ά / Α) = a or A

Beta (β / Β) - b or B

Gamma (γ / Γ) = g or G

Delta (δ / Δ) = d or D

Episilon (ε / Ε) = e or E

Zeta (ζ / Ζ) = z or Z

Eta (η / Η)= h or H

Theta (θ / Θ) = th or Th

Iota (ι / Ι) = i or I

Kappa (κ / Κ) = k or K

Lambda (λ / Λ) = l o L

Mu (μ / Μ)= m or M

Nu (ν / Ν) = n or N

Xi (ξ / Ξ)= x or X

Omicron (ο / Ο) = o or O

Pi (π / Π) = p or P

Rho (ρ / Ρ)= r or R

Sigma (σ, ς /Σ)= s or S

Tau (τ / Τ)= t or T

Upsilon (υ / Υ)= u or U

Phi (φ / Φ)= ph or Ph

Chi (χ / Χ)= ch or Ch

Psi (ψ / Ψ)= ps or Ps

Omega (ω / Ω)= w or W

This scheme will sometimes result in slightly strange combinations of "Thetas, Phis and Chis" with Etas where an "h" might stand both for the "h" in Theta etc. and an Eta in the next letter.  Nevertheless I hope that this scheme is reasonably satisfactory.

Sometimes you will find EN1, GN1, LN1 etc. embedded in items of text found by the search engine. This indicates that the text which follows is in English Note 1, Greek Note 1, Latin Note 1 etc on the referenced page. This should help you to locate it in the text.