Ancient Greek Vocabulary


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Pharr Lesson 18

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Greek English
φρήν, φρενός, ἡ diaphragm, mind, heart, soul, spirit, disposition
κοῖλος, η, ον hollow
μηρίον, ου, τό thigh-piece, thigh bone
θνήσκω, θανέομαι, ἔθανον, τέθνηκα die, perish
Ἄργος, εος, τό Argos, a country and city in Greece
γῆρας, αος, τό old age, eld.
φεύγω, φεύξομαι, ἔφυγον, πέφευγα flee, fly, escape, run (off, away, along)
ταῦρος, ου, ὁ bull
δέκατος, η, ον tenth
γέρων, οντος, ὁ old man
ἱερεύς, ῆος, ὁ priest, holy man
ὠκύς, ὠκεῖα, ὠκυ swift, speedy
ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ assembly, meeting place, gathering, harangue
πούς, ποδός, ὁ foot
αἴξ, αἰγός, ὁ, ἡ goat
ἡμέτερος, η, ον our, ours



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