In the modern world, hero has lost its ancient meaning.

The name Kasper probably comes from the ancient Persian meaning "keeper of the treasure."

In modern Greek the term has retained its ancient classical meaning, and is still used to describe a slanderer or a calumny.

The word Polis is most probably derived from that ancient meaning.

The ancient meaning of the allegories is a matter of debate and opinion to the present day.

It originates from the ancient meaning of "warrior".

Jinsai's approach to Confucian scholarship is today known as kogigaku or "study of ancient meanings".

They therefore devised a synonym, which makes the desired discrimination but retains the ancient meaning; however, such a view is speculative.

Classical scholarship, rebuilding ancient meaning from papyrus fragments and linguistic likelihood, is suddenly the new image for obsessive love.

It was changed by a later writer at a time when Hellene had lost its ancient meaning entirely.