Greek Vocab: 1A-C

Front 1

τὸ πλοῖον

Back 1

the ship

Front 2

Βαίνω

Back 2

I go, I come, I walk

Front 3

εἰσβαίνω

Back 3

I embark, I board, I go onto

Front 4

πλέω

Back 4

I sail, I float

Front 5

ἔπειτα

Back 5

then, next

Front 6

πρός

Back 6

towards

Note: there are many other meanings of this pronoun depending on case and context

Front 7

αἱ Ἀθῆναι

τὰς Ἀθήνας

ταῖς Ἀθήναις

τών Ἀθηνών

Back 7

Athens

Note: While the city name was plural from the Classical period onward, Homer uses a singular form: Ἀθήνη

Front 8

βλέπω

Back 8

I see, I look at

Front 9

ὁ κυβερνήτης

Back 9

the captain, the helmsman

Front 10

ὁράω

Back 10

I see, I perceive, I observe

also "I see" as in "I understand"

Front 11

ἐξαίφνης

Back 11

suddenly

Front 12

ὁ ψόφος

Back 12

the sound

Front 13

ποῦ;

Back 13

where?

Front 14

ναί

Back 14

yes

Front 15

οὐδείς

οὐδὲν

Back 15

not one, nothing

Front 16

φροντίζω

Back 16

I worry
Note: ἡ φροντίδα = attention, care

Front 17

τὸ νεώριον

Back 17

the dockyards, shipyards

Front 18

αὖθις

Back 18

again

Front 19

σαφῶς

Back 19

clearly

Front 20

λέγω

Back 20

I say, speak, Ι converse, Ι tell a story

Front 21

ἀκούω

Back 21

I hear, I listen, Ι pay attention to, Ι heed

Front 22

καλός

Back 22

beautiful, lovely,

good, right, moral, virtuous, noble

Front 23

ἡ αληθῆ

Back 23

the truth

Front 24

δεῦρο

Back 24

here, over here

Front 25

πόθεν

Back 25

from where? whence?

Front 26

διὰ τί;

Back 26

why?

(because what)

Front 27

ποῖ

Back 27

where to?

Front 28

ὑμεῖς

Back 28

you guys

plural of σύ

Front 29

ἡμεῖς

Back 29

we

ἡμᾶς (acc) = us

Front 30

μένω

Back 30

I stay

(in battle) I stand fast, I lodge, I tarry, I loiter, am idle, (of things) I am lasting; I remain, stand, (of condition) I remain, I abide by

Front 31

κατά-

Back 31

downwards

Front 32

καταβαίνω

Back 32

I go down

Front 33

κάτωθεν

Back 33

from below

Front 34

τὰ ἐμπόρια

Back 34

the marketplace

Front 35

ἡ ὁλκας

(pl) αἱ ὁλκάδες

(acc) τὰς ὁλκάδας

Back 35

the merchant ship