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====Words and fixed expressions==== * {{wikt-lang|el|ενδιαφέρων}} (''interesting'') * {{wikt-lang|el|τουλάχιστον}} (''at least'') * {{wikt-lang|el|την}} {{wikt-lang|el|απήγαγε}} (''he abducted her''){{Clarification needed|reason=Is this a common idiom?|date=August 2024}} * {{wikt-lang|el|είναι}} {{wikt-lang|el|γεγονός}} {{wikt-lang|el|ότι}} ... (''it is a fact that ...'') * {{wikt-lang|el|προς}} {{wikt-lang|el|το}} {{wikt-lang|el|παρόν}} (''for now'') *{{wikt-lang|el|νίπτω τας χείρας μου}} (figurative, ''I wash my hands'' [''of him, her, it'']); adapted from the Ancient Greek phrase describing [[Pontius Pilate]] washing his hands at [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 27:24; for actual hand-washing, the Demotic phrase is {{wikt-lang|el|πλένω}} {{wikt-lang|el|τα}} {{wikt-lang|el|χέρια}} {{wikt-lang|el|μου}}.<ref name="pringpocket">Pring, J.T. ''The Pocket Oxford Greek Dictionary.'' (New York: 1965 & 1982; 2000 ed.)</ref>{{rp|xii}} Special dative forms: * {{lang|el|δόξα τω Θεώ}} (''thank God'') * {{lang|el|εν ονόματι ...}} (''in the name [of] ...'') * {{lang|el|τοις μετρητοίς}} (''in cash'') * {{lang|el|εν συνεχεία}} (''following'') * {{lang|el|εν τω μεταξύ}} (''meanwhile'') * {{lang|el|εν αγνοία}} (''in ignorance [of]'') * {{lang|el|συν τοις άλλοις}} (''moreover'') * {{lang|el|επί τω έργω}} (''working'', literally ''on the deed'') * {{lang|el|τοις εκατό}} (''percent'', literally ''in a hundred'') * {{lang|el|ιδίοις χερσί}} (''with [one's] own hands'')
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