Word origins

• hydriadA water nymph.
• hydriskeA form of Ancient Greek pottery: a miniature version of the hydria.
• HygieiaThe goddess and personification of health and healthiness, a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
• HyllusThe son of Heracles and Deianira
• hymnographerA writer whose subject is hymns.
• hypaethronAn open court.
• hypaspistA type of lightly armoured foot soldier equipped with an aspis (shield) and spear.
• hypatosA title conferred by the Byzantine Empire, originally to two distinguished citizens each year in the manner of the Roman consuls, but later as an honorific.
• hyperaspistOne who holds a shield over another; a defender.
• hyperkatifeiaHypersensitivity to emotional distress in the context of substance abuse.
• hypermeseSynonym of lichanos.
• hyperoonAn upper room.
• hyphemaThe presence of blood in the anterior chamber of the eye
• hypocistAn astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant
• hyporchemaA form of ancient Greek choral song accompanied by dance
• hypostatizeTo render into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
• -iatricOf or relating to a physician.
• -iatricsForms a noun meaning a specialty medical field of practice.
• -iatryForms names of specialized fields of medical practice.
• ichthyicOf, pertaining to, or like fish; piscine.
• ichthysA stylized representation of a fish, used as a Christian symbol.
• iconoduleA person who supports the veneration of religious icons; an iconophile or iconodulist
• icosa-twenty
• IkelosIn Ovid's Metamorphoses, one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep).
• Ili-Troy, an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey.
• IlisosA river in Athens, Greece, originally a tributary of the Kifisos.
• iosisSynonym of rubedo (“reddening process in the alchemical magnum opus”).
• IotabeSynonym of Tiran (“An island”).
• iotacismPronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek.
• iotizeTo precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".
• IphidamasVarious characters in Greek mythology. See Wikipedia.
• IphimedeiaA Thessalian princess, the daughter of Triopas of Thessaly (a son of Poseidon and Canace).
• IphisThe daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa, who, as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses, was raised as male and was eventually transformed into a man by the goddess Isis in order to marry Ianthe, daughter of Telestes.
• irideremiaTotal or partial absence of the iris of the eye.
• irmosThe initial troparion of an ode of a canon.
• isapostleAn equal of the Apostles.
• isobrontAn isoline drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
• isodomonA form of masonry in which the vertical joint of each course is in the middle of the block beneath.
• isodrosothermA line of equal or constant dew point on a graph or chart, such as a weather map.
• isogoriaEquality of freedom of speech and expression; the right of each citizen of a city (or other unit) to speak in public, to be heard, and address that city and populace regardless of their position or reputation.
• isohyetA line of equal rainfall on a map or chart, such as a weather map.
• isohypseA contour line; a line on a map connecting points of equal height.
• isonomiaEquality before the law; possession of equal rights; equal distribution of rights and privileges.
• isopolityEqual rights of citizenship in different communities; mutual political rights.
• isoporA line on a map that joins places of equal annual change in a geomagnetic property; an isoporic line.
• isostheneiaThe state of arguments having equal strength or persuasiveness; equipollent.
• isotachAn isoline linking places on a map which have equal wind speed.
• isothermobathA line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.
• ItoniaAn epithet of the goddess Athena, alluding to the town of Iton in the south of Phthiotis.
• ItysA minor mythological character, the son of Tereus, a king of Thrace, by his Athenian wife Procne. He was murdered by his mother and eaten by his father, as part of a revenge plan against Tereus for assaulting and raping Philomela, Procne's sister.
• kalokagathiaA Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.
• kalpeAn Ancient Greek flat race for horses, generally mares, with riders.
• kalpisA kind of Ancient Greek water jug.
• kandysA kind of three-quarter-length Persian coat, originally a leather cloak with sleeves worn by men, but later a garment worn by Athenian women.
• KarposA god/personification of fruit.
• KasosAn island of the Dodecanese, Greece.
• katagelasticismObtaining pleasure from laughing at or mocking others.
• katastematicPertaining to a constant state of being, as opposed to a kinetic state (of change).
• katechonSomeone or something (of disputed identity) whose removal is necessary before the Antichrist can be fully manifested, according to 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 in the Bible.
• kausiaA flat hat used in the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
• kelebeA type of krater
• keraunionAn Ancient Greek thunderbolt-shaped symbol, of uncertain meaning.
• kernosA pottery ring or stone tray to which are attached several small vessels for holding ritual offerings in Ancient Greece.
• kerykeionA herald's staff.
• kerysticConcerning preaching, particularly preaching of the gospels.
• -kinesismovement, motion
• klendusityResistance to infection.
• klepto-stealing, theft
• klerosA plot of agricultural land granted to a citizen under the cleruchy system.
• klismosA light Ancient Greek chair with curved legs.
• knemometryThe measurement of the distance between knee and heel when seated.
• koimesisSynonym of dormition (“death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary”).
• koinonAn association or federation of distinct city-states with shared political institutions and citizenship.
• kolobionA short-sleeved or sleeveless tunic worn in Ancient Greece.
• Kolonaia city in ancient Greece
• koppaAn Ancient Greek letter representing /k/, Ϙ / ϙ, replaced by kappa by the Classical Greek period.
• kotyleSynonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).
• kotyliskosA small Ancient Greek vase with a small foot and with or without handles.
• kotylosSynonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).
• kouraianimate statues of beautiful maidens, forged out of gold by the divine smith Hephaistos, who attended the Olympian gods
• krobylosAn ancient Athenian hairstyle in which the hair was rolled up into a kind of knot on the crown of the head, and fastened with golden clasps in the shape of grasshoppers.
• krypsisThe doctrine that Christ, during His state of humiliation, continued to possess in a veiled way the divine attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, etc.
• krypticOf or relating to krypsis.
• kteticpossessive
• KubernetesAn open-source orchestrator system of containerized applications, originally designed by Google.
• Ku Klux KlanAn American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization.
• kyathosA style of painted Greek vase with a single long flat looping handle resembling a ladle.
• LadonA serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.
• lagobolonA hunter's stick for striking hares.
• lakainaAn Ancient Greek pottery drinking vessel: a high two-part cup with a rim and two handles.
• -laliaForming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered forms of speech.
• LapithOne of a semi-legendary, semi-historical race of Thessaly.
• larnaxA small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece.
• latreuticRelating to latria.
• lebesAn Ancient Greek cauldron, normally of bronze, and often supported by a tripod.
• lekaneAn Ancient Greek bowl or basin with horizontal handles.
• lekythionIn classical Greek and Latin poetry, a metric pattern defined by a sequence of seven alternating long and short syllables at the end of a verse.
• LenaiaAn ancient Athenian annual festival in honour of Dionysus Lenaios.
• lenosA trough used in ancient winemaking.
• LeptinesA transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Λεπτίνης (Leptínēs).