# Attic Greek word for "Worth"

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**Created:** [March 20, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attic-greek-word-for-worth/782656 "2017-03-20T22:25:30Z")\
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I read “Song of Wrath” by JE Lendon, who unfortunately uses only latin characters for his key Greek terms, in particular “Timê” for worth, “Metis” for cunning, “Andrea” for strength, and “Hybris” for insult or the disposition to trigger an insult.

Can someone show the correct Greek spellings, in the Greek Alphabet, for those words?

Are his definitions correct? My search for the word that means “worth” got something different.

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Those look good transliterations to me, but it’s been a while; I’m sure the Classics professor will be along shortly. You can just substitute letters in the Greek alphabet. For ‘hybris’, read ‘hubris’ and the h is a rough breathing (a small c over the u).