Ancient Greek Vocabulary


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Pharr Lesson 19

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Greek English
ἀφ-ί-ημι, ἀφήσω, ἀφῆκα send away, dismiss, hurl, drive off
μή not, lest, that not
Ἀγαμέμνων, ονος, ὁ Agamemnon
δηθύ-νω loiter, tarry, delay
εἶμι, εἴσομαι come, go, shall come, shall go
αἰδέομαι, αἰδέσ(σ)ομαι, ᾐδεσ(σ)άμην reverence
τέλλω, ἔτειλα, τέταλμαι command, enjoin (upon), accomplish, rise
ὕστερος, η, ον behind, later, at another time, further(more)
νῦν now, at this time (commonly implies a contrast)
ἐπ-ευ-φημέω, ἐπευφήμησα shout, assent, approve
παρά, πάρ, παραί from the side of, beside, to the side of
ἤ...ἤ either…or, whether…or
κιχάνω, κιχήσομαι, ἐκιχησάμην (ἔκιχον, ἐκίχην) come upon, overtake, arrive (at)
ἔνθα then, there(upon), here
μῦθος, ου, ὁ word, command, story
ἤ (ἠέ) or, than, whether
παρά, πάρ, παραί beside, nearby
κρατερός, ή, όν strong, harsh, powerful, stern, mighty



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