Ancient Greek Vocabulary


Font Notice

You must have a unicode font that supports polytonic greek (see Unicode Polytonic Greek Fonts, for example) to see the Greek properly. If you see a bunch of boxes, you probably do not have a unicode font installed.

Other Notice

The tools I am writing are works in progress, and they are for entertainment purposes only. Use them at your own risk. If you do find any errors, please let me know.

Pharr Lesson 03

Mouse over to see answers. IE users will have to double-click at the words to see them (due to deficiencies in IE). Probably you should consider getting a modern browser such as firefox.

Greek English
δεινή fearful, terrible, awful, dread(ful)
καί and, also, even
ἦν (he, she, it) was, there was
ἐν(ί), εἰν in, among
ἐν(ί), εἰν there (in, -on)
κλαγγή, ῆς, ἡ clang, (up)roar, roar, noise
κακή bad, poor, ugly, mean, cowardly, evil, wicked
φίλη dear, darling, lovely, beloved
Χρύση, ης, ἡ Chrysa, a town in the Troad
τί (neut.) which? what? why?
ἔχει (he, she, it) has, holds
ἔχουσι(ν) (they) have, hold
τίς (m., f.) who? which? what?
ἦσαν (they) were, there were
βουλή, ῆς, ἡ plan, will, wish, purpose, counsel, council
κᾱλή good(ly), noble, handsome, brave, fair, beautiful



Ancient Greek Tools

Ed Donnelly