Lesson_010_Attic_Greek_Memorization

Question 1

becomes η

Answer 1

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: α

Question 2

becomes η

Answer 2

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: ε

Question 3

becomes ι

Answer 3

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: ι

Question 4

becomes ῡ

Answer 4

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: υ

Question 5

becomes ω

Answer 5

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: o

Question 6

becomes ῃ

Answer 6

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: αι

Question 7

becomes ῃ (sometimes stays ει)

Answer 7

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: ει

Question 8

becomes ηυ (sometimes stays αυ)

Answer 8

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: αυ

Question 9

becomes ηυ (sometimes stays ευ)

Answer 9

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: ευ

Question 10

becomes ῳ

Answer 10

Lengthening of Temporal Augment: οι

Question 11

ἐπαίδευον

Answer 11

(1st person Sg.)/ (3rd person Pl.) Imperf. Act. Ind. Ω-verb (“I was teaching”)/(“they were teaching”)

Question 12

ἐπαίδευες

Answer 12

2nd person Sg. Imperf. Act. Ind. Ω-verb (“you [sg.] were teaching”)

Question 13

ἐπαίδευε(ν)

Answer 13

3rd person Sg. Imperf. Act. Ind. Ω-verb (“he/she/it was teaching”)

Question 14

ἐπαιδεύομεν

Answer 14

1st person Pl. Imperf. Act. Ind. Ω-verb (“we were teaching”)

Question 15

ἐπαιδεύετε

Answer 15

2nd person Pl. Imperf. Act. Ind. Ω-verb (“you [pl.] were teaching”)

Question 16

λέγω, ἐγῶ/λέξω, εἶπον/ἔλεξα, εἴρηκα, εἴρημαι/λέλεγμαι, ἐρρήθην/ἐλέχθην

Answer 16

say, speak, tell [cf. dialect, dyslexia, prolegomenon] {In the Attic dialect ἑρῶ (the contracted Fut. tense of εἲρω, another verb meaning “say”) is much preferred to λέξω, but until you have been introduced to contracted Fut.s (Lesson 15), you should use λέξω.}

Question 17

πράττω, πράξω, ἔπραξα, πέπραγα/πέπραχα, πέπραγμαι, ἐπραχθην

Answer 17

do, act [cf. practice praxis]

Question 18

φεύγω, φεύξομαι, ἔφυγον, πέφευγα, —, — (verbal adj. Φευκτέος)

Answer 18

flee, avoid, escape, be in exile {The Fut. φεύξομαι has Mid. ending even when it is Act. in meaning. You will not be asked to form the Fut. of φεύγν until you have learned the Mid. endings (Lesson 11). }

Question 19

ἀλήθεια, -ας, ἡ

Answer 19

truth; Τῇ ἀληθείᾳ = in truth, truly, really

Question 20

θάνατος, -ου, ὁ

Answer 20

death; Θάνατος = Death (personified as a god) [cf. euthanasia, thanatopsis]

Question 21

κίνδυνος, -ου, ὁ

Answer 21

danger, risk

Question 22

φίλος, -η, -ον

Answer 22

(+ dative) dear (to); Φίλος, -ου, ὁ = friend (male); Φίλη, -ης, ἡ = friend (female) [cf. bibliophile, hemophiliac, philatelist]

Question 23

δε (δ῾)

Answer 23

(postpositive conjunction) and, but (δ᾽ before a vowel)

Question 24

μέν

Answer 24

(postpositive particle) indeed

Question 25

μὲν…δε

Answer 25

(correlatives) on the one hand…one the other hand

Question 26

ὁ μὲν...ὁ δε

Answer 26

(correlatives) this one…that one; the one…the other; (pl.) some…others

Question 27

οὖν

Answer 27

(postpositive particle) therefore, then