List of terms: A–Z

  • A
    • acc. (abbr. of Accusative)
    • Accusative (Grammar) "a word case indicating the direct object of a verb"
    • Adad (Deities) "an ancient Mesopotamian deity associated with rain and storms"
    • Adjective (Parts of Speech) "a word that describes a noun or noun phrase"
    • Akkadian (Language) "an ancient language spoken and written in Mesopotamia between c. 3200 BCE – 200 CE"
    • Anunnaki (Deities) "a powerful group of seven ancient Mesopotamian deities: An, Enlil, Enki, Nanna, Utu, Ninhursag, and Inanna"
    • Apodosis (Logic) "the part of the sentence that expresses the consequence, Y, in an 'if X, then Y' conditional statement"
    • Verb (Parts of Speech) "a word that describes actions or states of being"
  • B
    • C
      • Common (Grammar) "a word case indicating an unspecified gender"
      • Conditional Statement (Logic) "a type of sentence that contains a requirement, or condition, and consequence, as in 'if X, then Y'"
      • Conjunction (Parts of Speech) "a word that connects clauses or sentences"
      • Cuneiform (Writing) "an ancient writing system used by various cultures around Mesopotamia"
    • D
      • Dual (Grammar) "a word case indicating indicating two of something"
      • Durative (Grammar) "a verb tense indicating current, ongoing, and future action"
    • E
      • Enlil (Deities) "an ancient Mesopotamian deity associated with air, wind, and storms"
    • F
      • 1st Person (Grammar) "a word case indicating the 'I/we' person perspective"
      • Feminine (Grammar) "a word case indicating a female party, quality, or description"
    • G
      • G-Stem (Grammar) "a class of basic verbs"
      • Genitive (Grammar) "a word case indicating possession"
      • Genitive–Accusative (Grammar) "a plural word case indicating possession or the direct object of a verb"
    • H
      • I
        • Ishtar (Deities) "an ancient Mesopotamian deity associated with war, sexuality, and conquest that is thought to be the Akkadian version of Inanna, a Sumerian deity"
      • J
        • K
          • L
            • lex talionis (Notation) "a Latin phrase that means 'law of retaliation', whereby punishments resemble offences"
            • Louvre Museum (Location) "a museum in Paris, France, and the location of Hammurabi's original stele"
          • M
            • m. (abbr. of Masculine)
            • Marduk (Deities) "an ancient Mesopotamian deity associated with the city of Babylon"
            • masc. (abbr. of Masculine)
            • Masculine (Grammar) "a word case indicating a male party, quality, or description"
            • Mesopotamia (Location) "a Greek name for modern-day Iraq that means 'land between two rivers'"
          • N
            • N-Stem (Grammar) "a class of passive verbs"
            • Nominative (Grammar) "a noun case indicating the subject of a verb"
            • Normalization (Writing) "the application of grammatical rules unto transliterated sound values"
            • Noun (Parts of Speech) "a word representing persons, places, and things"
          • O
            • Old Babylonian (Language) "an ancient dialect of the Akkadian language spoken and written in Mesopotamia between c. 2100–1400 BCE"
          • P
            • Plural (Grammar) "a word case indicating indicating more than two of something"
            • Preposition (Parts of Speech) "a word that connects other words or clauses"
            • Preterite (Grammar) "a verb tense usually indicating past action experienced by the speaker"
            • Protasis (Logic) "the part of the sentence that expresses the condition, X, in an 'if X, then Y' conditional statement"
          • Q
            • R
              • River Challenge (Other) "the act of jumping into the Euphrates river to prove one's innocence, whereby death suggests guilt"
            • S
              • 2nd Person (Grammar) "a word case indicating the 'you/you all' person perspective"
              • sic (Notation) "a Latin adverb placed in brackets after an odd or seemingly problematic word to inform the reader that it was transcribed as it appeared in the source text"
              • Singular (Grammar) "a word case indicating one of something"
              • Stele (Material Culture) "a rectangular, upright stone structure commonly found in the ancient world"
              • Susa (Location) "an ancient Elamite city in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran"
            • T
              • 3rd Person (Grammar) "a word case indicating the 'he/them' person perspective"
              • Translation (Writing) "the conversion of linguistic contents and their meanings from one language into another"
              • Transliteration (Writing) "the conversion of sound values from one writing system into another"
            • U
              • V
                • W
                  • X
                    • Y
                      • Z

                        Citation

                        Dedović, B. "A to Z - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 23 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/glossary/atoz. [Accessed 5 Jan. 2025]

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                        Dedović, B. (2023, October 23). A to Z - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/glossary/atoz

                        APA 7

                        Dedović, Boban. "A to Z - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 23, 2023. Modified January 21, 2024. Accessed January 5, 2025. https://ehlaw.org/glossary/atoz.

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                        Bibliography

                        OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library & Search Engine." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation, accessed November 14, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

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