Ancient Greek Vocabulary


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Pharr Lesson 39

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English Greek
fruit, crop, produce, harvest καρπός, οῦ, ὁ
drive, strike, carry on, push, press ἐλά-ω, ἐλά(σ)(σ)ω, ἤλασ(σ)α, ἐλήλακα, ἐλήλαμαι, ἠλάθην
fight, battle μαχέ-ομαι, μαχήσομαι, ἐμαχεσ(σ)άμην
Phthia, a town and district in northern Greece, home of Achilles Φθίη, ης, ἡ
ox, cow, bull βοῦς, βοός, ὁ ἡ
horse, mare ἵππος, ου, ὁ ἡ
hither, to this place, here δεῦρο
fem. man-nourishing, nuturing heroes; subst. nurse of heroes βωτι-άνειρα
spearman, warrior αἰχμητής, ᾶο, ὁ
(re)echoing, roaring, (re)sounding, thundering ἠχήεις, εσσα, εν
blamable, to blame, guilty, accountable, responsible αἰτιος, η, ον
rich-clodded, heavy-clodded, fertile ἐρι-βῶλαξ, ακος
mountain οὖρος, εος, τό
between, intervening μεταξύ
shady, shadowy σκιόεις, εσσα, εν
Trojans Τρῶες, ων, οἱ
harm, hurt, destroy, damage, wrong, ruin δηλέ-ομαι, δηλήσομαι, ἐδηλησάμην, δεδήλημαι



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