Vocabulaire Lesson 18

Question 1

ἀγγέλλω, ἀγγελῶ, ἤγγειλα

Answer 1

announce, report

Question 2

ἐρωτάω, ἐρωτήσω, ἠρώτησα

Answer 2

(+ double acc.) ask, question
The question being asked and the person being questioned both go into the 
accusative case (e.g., τοῦτο σ’ ἐρωτῶ). This is called a double accusative.

Question 3

πωλέω, πωλήσω, ἐπώλησα

Answer 3

sell

Question 4

ἄγγελος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ

Answer 4

messenger

Question 5

δραχµή, -ῆς, ἡ

Answer 5

drachma (unit of money & weight = 6 obols)

Question 6

ὀβολός, -οῦ, ὁ

Answer 6

obol (small unit of money & weight)

Question 7

µόνος, -η, -ον

Answer 7

alone, only

Question 8

ὀλίγος, -η, -ον

Answer 8

little, few

Question 9

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

Answer 9

(irreg. adj.—no voc. sg.) much, many;

Question 10

οἱ πολλοί

Answer 10

= the many, the people

Question 11

µόνον

Answer 11

(neut. sg. acc. of µόνος used as adv.) only

Question 12

οὐ µόνον…ἀλλὰ καί

Answer 12

(correlatives) not only…but also

Question 13

πολύ or πολλά

Answer 13

(neuter sg. or pl. acc. of πολύς used as

adv.) much

Question 14

περί

Answer 14

(prep. + gen.) about, concerning; (prep. + dat.) around; (prep. + acc.) around (basic meaning of περί = around) (never elided)