Ancient Greek Vocabulary


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Pharr Lesson 17

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



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