Nouns 1 Flashcards
ἀνάγκη, ἀνάγκης, ἡ
necessity
ἄνθρωπος, ἀνθρώπου, ὁ/ἡ
human being, man, mankind (anthropology)
ἀρετή, ἀρετῆς, ἡ
goodness, excellence, virtue
ἀρχή, ἀρχῆς, ἡ
beginning, origin, power, empire, office, first principle
βίος, βίου, ὁ
life, livelihood (biology)
βουλή, βουλῆς, ἡ
will, determination, Council, Senate
γνώμη, γνώμης, ἡ
judgment, opinion
δίκη, δίκης, ἡ
justice, order, right, lawsuit, trial
δῶρον, δώρου, τό
gift (Pandora)
εἰρήνη, εἰρήνης, ἡ
peace (Irene)
ἔργον, ἔργου, τό
deed, work (erg, energy)
ἥλιος, ἡλίου, ὁ
sun (helium, Helios, the sun god)
θάνατος, θανάτου, ὁ
death (euthanasia, thanatopsis)
θεός, θεοῦ, ὁ/ἡ
god, goddess (voc. sg., θεός); good heavens!, in the name of the gods!
πρός θεῶν
stone (lithograph)
λίθος, λίθου, ὁ
stone (lithograph)
λόγος, λόγου, ὁ
reason, word, speech, account, principle
μέτρον, μέτρου, τό
measure, moderation (meter)
νῆσος, νήσου, ἡ
island (Peloponnesian)
νόμος, νόμου, ὁ
usage, custom, law (cf. νοµίζω)
κατὰ νόμον
according to law
παρὰ νόμον
contrary to law
νόμῳ
by custom, conventionally
ξένος, ξένου, ὁ
guest-friend, stranger, foreigner (xenophobic)
ὁδός, ὁδοῦ, ἡ
road, street, way (period, method)
οὐρανός, οὐρανοῦ, ὁ
heaven, sky (uranium, Uranus)
παιδίον, παιδίου, τό
little child, young slave (pediatrician)
πλοῦτος, πλούτου, ὁ
wealth, riches (Πλοῦτος, Plutus, god of wealth)
πόλεμος, πολέμου, ὁ
war
πόνος, πόνου, ὁ
toil, labor
φίλη, φίλης, ἡ
friend, loved one (includes family)
φίλος, φίλου, ὁ
friend, loved one (includes family)
φίλος, -η, -ον
dear, loved (adj.)
χρόνος, χρόνου, ὁ
time (can refer both to time in the abstract and to a definite period of time) (anachronism)
ψυχή, ψυχῆς, ἡ
life, soul (psyche, metempsychosis)