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"
- Common (
- D
- E
- Enlil (
Deities ) "an ancient Mesopotamian deity associated with air, wind, and storms"
- Enlil (
- 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"
- 1st Person (
- 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"
- G-Stem (
- 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"
- Ishtar (
- 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"
- lex talionis (
- 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"
- N-Stem (
- O
- Old Babylonian (
Language ) "an ancient dialect of the Akkadian language spoken and written in Mesopotamia between c. 2100–1400 BCE"
- Old Babylonian (
- 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"
- Plural (
- Q
- R
- River Challenge (
Other ) "the act of jumping into the Euphrates river to prove one's innocence, whereby death suggests guilt"
- River Challenge (
- 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"
- 2nd Person (
- 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"
- 3rd Person (
- 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]
Dedović, B. (2023, October 23). A to Z - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/glossary/atoz
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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