Abstract

"Abstract" in Greek

αφηρημένος

afiriménos

(absent in mind)

αφηρημένος

afiriménos

(art: free from representational qualities)

δυσνόητος

dysnóitos

(difficult to understand)

θεωρητικός

theoritikós

(apart from practice or reality; not concrete)

απόσταγμα

apóstagma

(an extract of a vegetable substance)

αφαίρεση

afaíresi

(an abstraction)

αφηρημένη τέχνη

afiriméni téchni

(an abstract work of art)

εκχύλισμα

ekchýlisma

(an extract of a vegetable substance)

επιτομή

epitomí

(an abridgement or summary)

περίληψη

perílipsi

(an abridgement or summary)

σύνοψη

sýnopsi

(an abridgement or summary)

αποσπώ

apospó

(to separate; to disengage)

αποστάζω

apostázo

(to extract by means of distillation)

αποσύρω

aposýro

(to remove; to take away; to withdraw)

αφαιρούμαι

afairoúmai

(to draw off)

αφαιρώ

afairó

(to remove; to take away; to withdraw)

διαχωρίζω

diachorízo

(to separate; to disengage)

κλέβω

klévo

(to steal)

συνοψίζω

synopsízo

(to abridge, epitomize, or summarize)

υπεξαιρώ

ypexairó

(to steal)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.