Lesson I

Question 1

ἄγω

Answer 1

lead, drive, bring (paedagogue, παιδαγωγός)

Question 2

ἄρχω

Answer 2

begin; rule (+ gen.) (archaeology; anarchy)

Question 3

βουλεύω

Answer 3

plan (+ inf., resolve to do) (βουλευτήριον, council chamber)

Question 4

βούλομαι

Answer 4

wish, want (+ inf) (cf. Lat. volo, Ger. Wollen, Eng. will)

Question 5

γίγνομαι

Answer 5

become, be born, be, turn out to be (+ nom.) (the root of the word is γεν-, γν-, > γένεσις

Question 6

γράφω

Answer 6

write

Question 7

ἐθέλω

Answer 7

wish, be willing (+ inf.) (not found in m.-p.)

Question 8

ἔρχομαι

Answer 8

come, go

Question 9

ἔχω

Answer 9

have, hold, keep

Question 10

κρίνω

Answer 10

judge; decide; separate (critic)

Question 11

λέγω

Answer 11

say, speak, mean (cf. Lat. lego; Greek, λόγος word)

Question 12

λείπω

Answer 12

leave (eclipse, ellipse)

Question 13

λύω

Answer 13

free, loosen, release; destroy, break; mid. ransom (catalyst, analysis)

Question 14

μένω

Answer 14

remain, wait (not found in m.-p.)

Question 15

νομίζω

Answer 15

think, believe (< νόμος)

Question 16

παιδεύω

Answer 16

educate, train (< παίς, παιδός child)

Question 17

παύω

Answer 17

stop; mid. cease (pause)

Question 18

πείθω

Answer 18

persuade; in m.-p. obey, trust (+ dative) (Πειθώ, Peitho, Persuasion, patron goddess of politicians)

Question 19

πέμπω

Answer 19

send (pomp)

Question 20

πιστεύω

Answer 20

trust (+ dat.)

Question 21

πράττω

Answer 21

do, make; mid. exact for oneself (as a fee) (practical, pragmatic)

Question 22

φέρω

Answer 22

bring, carry, bear (cf. Lat. fero, Eng. bear)

Question 23

καί

Answer 23

and, even also, too, actually

Question 24

καί … καί

Answer 24

both … and

Question 25

ἤ

Answer 25

or

Question 26

ἤ … ἤ

Answer 26

either … or

Question 27

ἀνάγκη, ἀνάγκης, ἡ

Answer 27

necessity

Question 28

ἄνθρωπος, ἄνθρωπου, ὁ/ἡ

Answer 28

person, human being, man, with article; humankind; of individuals and generically (anthropomorphic)

Question 29

ἀρετή, ἀρετῆς, ἡ

Answer 29

goodness, excellence, virtue

Question 30

ἀρχή, ἀρχῆς, ἡ

Answer 30

beginning, origin; power, empire, office; first principle (cf. the meanings of ἄρχω)

Question 31

βίος, βίου, ὁ

Answer 31

life, livelihood (macrobiotic)

Question 32

βουλή, βουλῆς, ἡ

Answer 32

will, determination; Council, Senate

Question 33

γνώμη, γνώμης, ἡ

Answer 33

thought, opinion (gnomic)

Question 34

δίκη, δίκης, ἡ

Answer 34

justice, order, right; lawsuit, trial

Question 35

δῶρον, δώρου, τό

Answer 35

gift (Pandora)

Question 36

εἰρήνη, εἰρήνης, ἡ

Answer 36

peace (Irene)

Question 37

εἰρήωην ἄγειν

Answer 37

live in peace

Question 38

ἔργον, ἔργου, τό

Answer 38

deed, work (erg, energy)

Question 39

ἥλιος, ἡλίου, ὁ

Answer 39

sun (helium; Helios, the sun god)

Question 40

θάνατος, θανάτου, ὁ

Answer 40

death (euthanasia, thanatopsis)

Question 41

θεός, θεοῦ, ὁ/ἡ

Answer 41

god, goddess (voc. sg.,θεός)

Question 42

πρός θεῶν

Answer 42

good heavens!, In the name of the gods!

Question 43

λίθος, λίθου, ὁ

Answer 43

stone (lithograph)

Question 44

λόγος, λόγου, ὁ

Answer 44

reason, word; speech; account; principle

Question 45

μέτρον, μέτρου, τό

Answer 45

measure, moderation (meter)

Question 46

νῆσος, νήσου, ἡ

Answer 46

island (Peloponnesian)

Question 47

νόμος, νόμου, ὁ

Answer 47

usage, custom, law (cf. νομίζω)

Question 48

κατὰ νόμον

Answer 48

according to law

Question 49

παρὰ νόμον

Answer 49

contrary to law

Question 50

νόμῳ

Answer 50

by custom, conventionally

Question 51

ξένος, ξένου, ὁ

Answer 51

guest-friend, stranger, foreigner (xenophobic)

Question 52

ὁδός, ὁδοῦ, ἡ

Answer 52

road, street, way (period, method)

Question 53

οὐρανός, οὐρανοῦ, ὁ

Answer 53

heaven, sky (uranium, Uranus)

Question 54

παιδίον, παιδίου, τό

Answer 54

little child, young slave (pediatrician)

Question 55

πλοῦτος, πλοῦτου, ὁ

Answer 55

wealth, riches (Πλοῦτος, god of wealth)

Question 56

πόλεμος, πολέμου, ὁ

Answer 56

war

Question 57

πόνος, πόνου, ὁ

Answer 57

toil, labor

Question 58

φίλη, φίλης, ἡ

Answer 58

friend, loved one (includes family)

Question 59

φίλος, φίλου, ὁ

Answer 59

friend, loved one (includes family)

Question 60

φίλος, -η, -ον

Answer 60

adj. [II] dear, loved

Question 61

χρόνος, χρόνου, ὁ

Answer 61

time (can refer both to time in the abstract and to a definite period of time)

Question 62

ψυχή, χυχῆς, ἡ

Answer 62

life, soul (psyche, metempsychosis)

Question 63

γάρ

Answer 63

for, postpos. conjunction. Note that γάρ is not a preposition (the English preposition for is usually expressed in Greek by the dative case without a preposition), but a causal conjunction, a milder way of saying because.

Question 64

δέ

Answer 64

and, but (postpositive conjunction)

Question 65

μέν … δέ

Answer 65

on one hand … on the other hand (both μέν and δέ are postpositives and are used to point out that the words with which they are associated are being contrasted or differentiated).

Question 66

εἰς

Answer 66

into, to, + acc.: (terminal accusative, place to which)

Question 67

ἐν

Answer 67

in, on, + dat.: (locative dat., place where)

Question 68

παρά

Answer 68

alongside, by, near (used of persons)

Question 69

παρά + gen.

Answer 69

from the side of, from beside, from

Question 70

παρά + dat.

Answer 70

by the side of, beside, with, near

Question 71

παρά + acc.

Answer 71

to the side of, to, along; in addition to, contrary to

Question 72

σύν

Answer 72

with; along with, by means of (of accompaniment or means)

Question 73

σύν + dat.

Answer 73

(older Attic spelling ζύν)