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36 Cards in this Set

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φύλαξ, φύλακος, ὁ
guard
γέρων, γέροντος, ὁ
old man
Ἕλλην, Ἕλληνος, ὁ
a Greek
ἡγεμών, ἠγεμόνος, ὁ
leader
ῥήτωρ, ῥήτορος, ὁ
public speaker (later came to mean politician)
σωτήρ, σωτῆρος, ὁ (voc. σῶτερ)
savior (one who saves)
ἀγών ἀγῶνος ὁ
contest, struggle
ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδος, ἡ
hope (of something good), expectation (of something good or bad)
χάρις, χάριτος, ἡ
grace, favor, gratitude
νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ (dative plural νυξί(ν))
night
φάλαγξ, φάλαγγος, ἡ
line of battle, phalanx
γράμμα, γράμματος, τό
letters (of the alphabet); (pl.) documents (letter (epistle), inscription, document, records, books)
ποίημα, ποιήματος, τό
poem
πρᾶγμα, πρᾱ´γματος, τό
deed, affair, thing (esp. affairs in plural -affairs of mankind/state)
σῶμα, σώματος, τό
body
χρῆμα, χρήματος, τό
thing; (pl) goods, property, money (a thing needed or useful)
ὄνομα, ὀνόματος, τό
name
ὕδωρ, ὕδατος, τό
water
αἴξ, αἰγός, ὁ or ἡ
goat
δαίμων, δαίμονος, ὁ or ἡ
god, goddess, divine being (frequently unnamed and unspecified divine power- σύν δαίμονι (with the help of a god) OR power which control's one's fortune or destiny OR divine beings inferior to gods eg. deified souls of dead men.
Δημοσθένης, Δημοσθένους, ὁ
Demosthenes (ῥήτωρ)- 384-322b.c. -recognized as greatest of Greek orators
Σωκράτης, Σωκράτους, ὁ
Sokrates (philosopher) (469-399bc)
γένος, γένους, τό
race, kind
πάθος, πάθους, τό
experience, suffering (anything that happens to a person, a thing experienced, an "experience" of something either good or bad)- later acquired "bad experience, suffering"- contrasted with ἐλπίς ἐλπίδος, ἡ "expectation of good or bad, hope of something good"
τέλος, τέλους, τό
end; power (end, finish; end aimed at) οἱ ἐν τέλει- those in power
μήτηρ, μητρός, ἡ
mother
πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ
father
ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ
man (as opposed to woman; unlike ἄνθρωπος- man as opposed to gods/animals); suggests traditional masculine qualities (courage)
θυγάτηρ, θυγατρός, ἡ
daughter
ἱερεύς, ἱερέως, ὁ
priest
βασιλεύς, βασιλέως, ὁ
king (various chiefs of the Greeks, title of one of Athens's annually elected city officials, king of persia- βασιλεύς no article)
ἱππεύς, ἱππέως, ὁ
horseman
πόλις, πόλεως, ἡ
city (classical greeks thought living in πόλις made them different than βάρβαροι)
φύσις, φύσεως, ἡ
nature
ἕξ
six (indecl. Cardinal number)
πέντε
five (indec. Cardinal number)