Ancient Greek Vocabulary Chapter 4 (A & B) Athenaze Book 1

Front 1

ἀκούω

Back 1

I listen; + gen. of person, acc. of thing, I listen to; I hear

Front 2

ἐθέλω + infin.

Back 2

I am willing; I wish

Front 3

ἔχω

Back 3

I have; I hold

Front 4

θεωρέω

Back 4

I watch; I see

Front 5

ποιέω

Back 5

I make; I do

Front 6

χαίρω

Back 6

I rejoice

Front 7

χαῖρε; pl., χαίρετε

Back 7

greetings!

Front 8

ὁ ἄγγελος

Back 8

messenger

Front 9

ὁ ἀνήρ

(τὸν ἄνδρα, ὦ ἄνερ)

Back 9

man; husband

Front 10

ἡ γυνή

(ὦ γύναι, αἱ γυναῖκες,

τᾱ̀ς γυναῖκας)

Back 10

woman; wife

Front 11

ἡ ἑορτή

Back 11

festival

Front 12

ἡ θυγάτηρ

(ὦ θύγατερ)

Back 12

daughter

Front 13

ὁ καιρός

Back 13

time; right time

Front 14

ἡ κρήνη

Back 14

spring

Front 15

ἡ μήτηρ

Back 15

mother

Front 16

ἡ ὑδρίᾱ

Back 16

water jar

Front 17

ὁ χορός

Back 17

dance; chorus

Front 18

ᾱ̓ργός

[= ἀεργός = ἀ-, not + ἐργ-, work],

ᾱ̓ργόν

Back 18

not working, idle, lazy

Front 19

ϕίλος, ϕίλη, ϕίλον

Back 19

dear; as noun, ὁ ϕίλος or ἡ ϕίλη, friend

Front 20

ἀπό + gen.

Back 20

from

Front 21

ἀπο-

Back 21

as a prefix in compound verbs, away

Front 22

πρός + dat.

Back 22

at, near, by

Front 23

πρός + acc.

Back 23

to; toward

Front 24

ἰδού

Back 24

look!

Front 25

καί

Back 25

even; also, too

Front 26

μάλα

Back 26

very

Front 27

μόλις

Back 27

with difficulty; scarcely; reluctantly

Front 28

πρῶτον

Back 28

first

Front 29

ταχέως

Back 29

quickly, swiftly

Front 30

ἆρα

Back 30

introduces a question

Front 31

ἐν νῷ ἔχω + infin.

Back 31

I have in mind; I intend

Front 32

τὰ Διονῡ́σια

Back 32

the festival of Dionysus

Front 33

τὰ Διονῡ́σια ποιῶ

Back 33

I celebrate the festival of Dionysus

Front 34

ἡ Μέλιττα [= bee]

Back 34

Melissa

(daughter of Dicaeopolis and Myrrhine)

Front 35

ἡ Μυρρίνη

[= myrtle, a shrub or tree]

Back 35

Myrrhine

(wife of Dicaeopolis)

Front 36

πείθω

Back 36

I persuade

Front 37

στενάζω

Back 37

I groan

Front 38

ἡ γῆ

Back 38

land, earth, ground

Front 39

ἡ ὁδός

Back 39

road, way, journey

Front 40

ἄλλος, ἄλλη, ἄλλο

Back 40

other, another

Front 41

ῥάδιος, ῥάδιη, ῥάδιον

Back 41

easy

Front 42

αεί

Back 42

always

Front 43

μάλιστα

Back 43

most. most of all, very much, especially

Front 44

οἴκαδε

Back 44

homeward, to home

Front 45

ἑορτὴν ποιῶ

Back 45

I celebrate a fesrival

Front 46

τί; (accent always acute)

Back 46

why? what?