English to Greek (Ancient) translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy | | English term or phrase: BA (General) Degree | | University degree |
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This is the word in Ancient Greek from which the English and Italian word "diploma", the French word "diplome" and the German word "diplom" derived. |
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  Vicky Papaprodromou
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11 hrs confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 | | ba (general) degree äßðëùìá
Explanation:
This is the word in Ancient Greek from which the English and Italian word "diploma", the French word "diplome" and the German word "diplom" derived.
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15 hrs confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 | B.A.
Explanation:
I would leave it untranslated. It is a standard Latin abbreviation in English and many other European languages, like M.A., A.M., P.M., etc., and numerous others, and I don't think that it has an exact parallel in ancient Greek.
I think that äéðëùìá probably comes closest in its sense of 'letter of recommendation', as well as of 'folded or doubled document' (since modern diplomas, at least mine, are folded so).
B.A. is an abbreviation for Mediaeval Latin 'baccalaureatus artium', 'bachelor of arts'. 'Baccalaureatus' means 'crowned with laurel berries' (in reference to an advanced student in a Mediaeval university) and 'artium' refers to the seven liberal arts which formed the standard curriculum of higher education during the Middle Ages.
| Joseph Brazauskas
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