Terms: A to Z

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