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Clyde Pharr's Homeric Greek: Chapter 3

Vocabulary

βουλή, ῆς, ἡ will, desire, wish, council, advice
δεινή terrible, awful, dreadful, dire,
ἐν(ί), εἰν w/ dat. in, among
ἔχει he has, possess, holds
ἔχουσι(ι) they have, have, hold
ἦν he was, there was
ἦσαν they were, there were
καί and, also, even
κακή evil, bad, poor, ugly, wicked
κᾱλή noble, brave, good, beautiful, fair
κλαγγή, ῆς, ἡ clang, loud noise, uproar
τίς who? which? what?
τί which? what? why?
Χρῡση, ης, ἡ Chrysa a town in the Troad
φίλη friend, darling, beloved, lovely

Exercise Answers

Greek to English

  1. The good and bad plans
  2. Who has a good plan?
  3. Who will have it?
  4. The good plans were beloved.
  5. Who is good?
  6. The terrible noise is in noble Chysa.
  7. They have good and beloved plans.
  8. What is the terrible noise in noble Chysa?
  9. Of/From the bad plan.
  10. To/For/With the bad plans
  11. Of/From bad plans.
  12. The bad plan, for the bad plan, the bad plan, the bad plans.

English to Greek

  1. βουλάων καλάων καὶ κακάων.
  2. καλῇ βουλῇ
  3. τὶς ἔχει κακὴν βουλήν.
  4. δεινὴ κλαγγὴ ἦν ἐν κᾶλῇ Χρύσῆ.
  5. κᾶλὴ ἦν βουλή;
  6. κακαὶ ἦσαν βουλαί.

Things to Remember


First Declension (Greek 1st Declension in more detail)

Singular

N. βουλή (a, the) plan
G. βουλῆς of; from (a, the) plan
D. βουλῇ to, for; on, at, in; by, with (a, the) plan
A. βουλήν (a, the) plan
V. βουλή O plan!

Dual

N.A.V. βουλά (the) two plans
G.D. βουλῇιν to, for; on, at, in; by, with (the) two plans

Plural

N.V. βουλαί (the) plans
G. βουλάων of; from (the) plans
D. βουλῇσι to, for; on, at, in; by, with (the) plans
A. βουλάς (the) plans

Greek Nouns

Number. — There are three numbers in Greek, the singular (denoting one), the dual (denoting two) and the plural (denoting two or more).
Gender. — The three genders in Greek are: the masculine, the feminine, and the neuter.
Case. — There are five cases in greek, the nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and vocative.

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