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64 Cards in this Set
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ἅγω
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lead, drive, bring (paedagogue, παιδαγωγός)
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άρχω
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begin; rule (+gen.) (archaeology; anarchy)
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βουλεύω
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plan (+inf., resolve to do) (βουλευτήριον, council chamber)
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βούλομαι
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wish, want (+inf) (cf. Lat. volo, Ger. Wollen, Eng. will)
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γίγνομαι
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become, be born, be, turn out to be (+ nom.) (the root of the word is γεν-, γν-,⟩γένεσις
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γράφω
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write (epigraphy, paleography)
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έθέλω
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wish, be willing (+inf.) (not found in m.-p.)
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ἕρχομαι
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come, go
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ἕχω
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have, hold, keep
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κρίνω
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judge; decide; separate (critic)
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λέγω
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say, speak, mean (cf. Lat. lego; Greek, λόγος word)
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λείπω
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leave (eclipse, ellipse)
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λύω
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free, loosen, release; destroy, break; mid. ransom (catalyst, analysis)
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μένω
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remain, wait (not found in m.-p.)
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νομίζω
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think, believe (from νόμος)
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παιδεύω
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educate, train (from παίς, παιδός child)
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παύω
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stop; mid. cease (pause)
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πείθω
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persuade; in m.-p. obey, trust (+dative) (Πειθώ, Peitho)
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πέμπω
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send (pomp)
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πιστεύω
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trust (+dat.)
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πράττω
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do, make; mid. exact for oneself (as a fee) (practical, pragmatic)
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φέρω
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bring, carry, bear (cf. Lat. fero, Eng. bear)
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καί
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and, even also, too, actually
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καί...καί
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both...and
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ἤ
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or
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ἤ...ἤ
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either, or
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ἀνάγκη
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ἀνάγκης, ἡ
necessity |
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ἄνθρωπος
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ἄνθρωπου, ὁ/ἡ
person, human being, man, with article; humankind; of individuals and generically (anthropomorphic) |
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ἀρετή
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ἀρετῆς, ἡ
goodness, excellence, virtue |
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ἀρχή
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ἀρχῆς, ἡ
beginning, origin; power, empire, office; first principle (cf. the meaning of ἄρχω |
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βίος
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βίου, ὁ
life, livelihood (macrobiotic) |
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βουλή
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βουλῆς, ἡ
will, determination; Council, Senate |
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γνώμη
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γνώμης, ἡ
thought, opinion (gnomic) |
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δίκη
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δίκης, ἡ
justice, order, right; lawsuit, trial |
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δῶρον
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δώρου, τό
gift (Pandora) |
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εἰρήνη
εἰρήωην ἄγειν |
εἰρήνης, ἡ
peace (Irene) live in peace |
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ἔργον
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ἔργου, ὁ
deed, work (erg, energy) |
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ἥλιος
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ἡλίου, ὁ
sun (helium; Helios, the sun god) |
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θάνατος
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θανάτου, ὁ
death (euthanasia, thanatopsis) |
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θεός
πρός θεῶν |
θεοῦ, ὁ/ἡ
god, goddess (voc.sg.,θεός good heavens! in the name of the gods! |
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λίθος
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λίθου, ὁ
stone (lithograph) |
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λόγος
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λόγου, ὁ
reason, word; speech; account; principle |
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μέτρον
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μέτρου, τό
measure, moderation (meter) |
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νῆσος
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νήσου, ἡ
island (Peloponnesian) |
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νόμος
κατὰ νόμον παρὰ νόμον νόμῴ |
νόμου, ὁ
usage, custom, law according to law contrary to law by custom, conventionally |
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ξένος
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ξένου, ὁ
guest-friend, stranger, foreigner, (xenophobic) |
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ὁδός
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ὁδοῦ, ἡ
road, street, way (period, method) |
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οὐρανός
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οὐρανοῦ, ὁ
heaven, sky (uranium, Uranus) |
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παιδίον
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παιδίου, τό
little child, young slave (pediatrician) |
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πλοῦτος
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πλοῦτου, ὁ
wealth, riches (Πλοῦτος, god of wealth) |
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πόλεμος
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πολέμου, ὁ
war |
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πόνος
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πόνου, ὁ
toil, labor |
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φίλη
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φίλης,ἡ
friend, loved one (includes family) |
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φίλος
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φίλου, ὁ
friend, loved one (includes family) |
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φίλος, η, ον
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adj. (II) dear, loved
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χρόνος
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χρόνου, ὁ
time (can refer both to time in the abstract and to a definite period of time) |
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ψυχή
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χυχῆς, ἡ
life, soul (psyche, metempsychosis) |
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γάρ
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for (postpositive conjunction)
Note that γάρ is not a preposition, but a casual conjunction, a milder way of saying because. |
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δέ
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and, but (postpositive conjunction)
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μέν...δέ
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on one hand...on the other hand (both μέν and δέ are postpositives and are used to point out that the words with which they are associated are being contrasted or differentiated).
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εἰς
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into, to, +acc.
(terminal accusative, place to which) |
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ἐν
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in, on, + dative (locative dat., place where)
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παρά
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alongside, by, near (used of persons) gen., from the side of, from beside, from
dat.by the side of, beside, with, near acc.to the side of, to, along; in addition to, contrary to |
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σύν
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with; along with, by means of (of accompaniment or means)
+dat. cf. Latin cum |