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Thanks, Earion. Rather like the traditional Athenian polis. Aristotle’s, perhaps misunderstood statement, a version of which he gives three times. Here is his statement in the Politica: 1, 1253a:- ….. “therefore it is clear that the city-state is a natural growth, and that man is by nature a...

Many thanks again can be found in AGARD: Multilingual Aeronautical Dictionary (MAD) which was published in 1980 and has 7,300 technical terms. But technology has raced ahead. Websites with Greek aviation technical terms I found with the description of the Airbus being fruitful e.g. Τα...

Thanks, cougr, as ever! Could ‘blended‘ winglets be συνδυασμένα ακροπτερύγια? A thought.

At last I have my list of technical terms complete! Here are two terms, the first for blended winglets and the second for a raked winglet. Η καμπυλωτή άκρη της πτέρυγας του Airbus A350/ φτερά λυγισμένα προς τα πάνω; and οπισθόκλιση πτέρυγας. Comments?

Thanks so much, ‘Man, for your corrections. This poem is a welcome break from aircraft labelling and technical terms!

This is the text: Ἀπὸ νερὸ κι' ἀπὸ χῶμα εἶν' οἱ λέξεις μου, ζυμωμένες μὲ μπόλικον ἥλιο, μὲ μπόλικη ἀγάπη. Ὅλες μου οἱ δύσες μὲ βρίσκουν νὰ κοιτάζω τόν οὐρανό μέ λάσπες στά δάχτυλα. Χτίζω τὴν πολιτεία μὲ τὸ χαμόγελο. Χτίζω τὴν πολιτεία μὲ τὴν καρδιά. Χτίζω τὴν πολιτεία μὲ τὰ παιδιά ποὺ θὰ ’ναι...

Thanks, SBE, for your always concise and useful comments!

The AI overview describes a blended winglet thus:- Blended winglets are wingtip devices that seamlessly integrate with the main wing, reducing aerodynamic drag and improving fuel efficiency They are characterised by a smooth, outward curve that blends into the wing. This design helps to minimize...

A very useful website and glossry indeed! Thanks, cougr.

Thanks, nickel!

Does Όχι σε δικό μου μπλουζάκι! mean that’s not what’s written on my t-shirt?

Ι found a thread by Zazula (May 12 p, 2008) about the wrong usage of the term αεροδιάδρομος as meaning ‘runway’ rather than ‘air corridor’. Thanks to nickel for his very useful link and for his promise of more to come. As for ‘winglets’ and ‘sharklets’, it seems that ’winglets‘ is the term used...

I found a note on wikipedia:- Ο σιρόκος ή σορόκος είναι άνεμος της Μεσογείου, ο οποίος δημιουργείται στις ερήμους νότια της Μεσογείου (Σαχάρα και Μέση Ανατολή). Thanks to nickel for his precise observation.

What are the two things wrong with this wing map, nickel? But I am glad that it is useful for colleagues.

My grandchildren (two of whom are very curious!) asked me what the various parts of an aircraft are in Greek. I had no answer. Apart from άτρακτος for the fuselage and πτερύγια I was stumped. The ‘sharklet‘ and ‘winglets’ and nearly every other part was beyond my knowledge. I have searched...

Thank you, everyone, for all this! I knew that αποόγειος meant ‘from the land’ and in this context is the opposite to θσαλάσσια. I love the quotations, Elytis especially, but I followed up the songs as well. The picture of το νότιο σέλας is beautiful. There was also good material in the...

I will answer more fully tomorrow, when I have digested all this excellent material! I only mentioned ‘the afternoon wind’ because those were the identical words used by our skipper. When I asked in ignorance if it was the meltemi, which he the informed me occurred later in the year, he replied...

Thanks to both of you, ‘Man and Alexandra! The word may have been γαρπής. But απόγειος αύρα seems to answer to the idea of ‘afternoon wind’. The strange thing seems to be that several people I asked in Greece had no idea of the name of this wind. I feel that γαρπής is the best technical term...

We went for a sea trip on a catamaran from Athens on our holiday in late May and there was a fair breeze. I asked the skipper if the wind was the meltemi and he said it was the wrong time of year for the meltemi but that this wind was the afternoon wind. I asked him for the Greek name of it and...

Thanks, both, for pointing out my mistake in gender concerning Manchester United! At the risk of sounding heretical to sport aficionados, like my son-in-law, I have no particular interest in any kind of sport. Now that I know that football teams are feminine in gender (apart from Ajax) I may...