Vocabulaire Lesson 20

Question 1

ζητέω, ζητήσω,

ἐζήτησα, ἐζήτηκα

Answer 1

seek, search for, investigate; (+ infin.)

seek (to)

Question 2

ῥiπτω, ῥiψω,

ἔρρῑψα, ἔρρῑφα

Answer 2

throw, hurl, cast aside

Question 3

γῆ (contracted from

γέᾱ), γῆς, γῇ, γῆν, ἡ

Answer 3

earth, ground, land; Γῆ = Earth (personified) [cf.

geodesic, geography, georgic]

Question 4

δένδρον, -ου, τό

Answer 4

tree

Question 5

Ἑλλάς, -άδος, ἡ

Answer 5

Hellas, Greece

Question 6

Ἕλλην, -ηνος, ὁ, ἡ

Answer 6

a Hellene, a Greek

Question 7

οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ

Answer 7

sky, heaven; Οὐρανός = Sky

Question 8

Ἑλληνικός, -ή, -όν

Answer 8

Hellenic, Greek

Question 9

κατά (κατ’, καθ’)

Answer 9

(prep. + gen.) down from, against; (prep. + acc.)
down, down along, in accordance with, according
to, by (in various idioms)

Question 10

ὑπέρ

Answer 10

(prep. + gen.) over, above, on behalf of; (prep. + acc.)

over, to a place over, beyond