Ancient Greek Vocabulary


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Pharr Lesson 17

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English Greek
reverence ἅζομαι (ἁγ-)
house, home δῶμα, ατος, τό
accept, receive δέχ-ομαι, δέξομαι, ἐδεξάμην (ἐδέγμην)
you σύ, σέο (σεῦ)
well, happily, successfully ἐύ, εὖ
give, grant δί-δωμι, (δι)δώσω, ἔδωκα
sack (utterly) ἐκ-πέρθω, ἐκπέρσω, ἐξέπερσα (ἐξέπραθον)
city, state π(τ)όλις, ιος, (ηος), ἡ
arrive, reach (one's destination) ἱκ-νέομαι, ἵξομαι, ἱκόμην
home(ward), to home, home οἴκα-δε
child, son, daughter παῖς, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ
well-greaved ἐυ-κνήμῑς, ῑδος
I ἐγώ(ν), μέο (μεῦ)
on the one hand, truly, (… on the other), partly (…partly), etc. μέν (... δέ)



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