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Clyde Pharr's Homeric Greek: Chapter 4

Vocabulary

γάρ -- postpositive. conj., for, in fact.
δέ -- postpositive conj. but, and, so, for.
εἰσι(ν) -- (they) are, there are.
ἐστι(ν) -- (he, she, it) is, there is.
ἐκ (εξ) --w/ gen. from, out of.
ἐπί -- w/ gen. upon, over, during;
w/ dat. upon, in, for, about, against, up to, over
w/ acc. to, up to, over
θάλασσα, ης, ἡ -- sea, ocean
θεά, ᾶς, ἡ -- goddess
Κίλλα, ης, ἡ -- Cilla, a town in the Troad.
οὐ (οὐκ οὐχ) -- not, no
πάτρη, ης, ἡ -- fatherland, native land, country
πολλή -- much, many, numerous
πυρή, ῆς, ἡ -- (funeral) pyre.
ψυχή, ῆς, ἡ -- soul, breath, life, spirit.

  • ἐκ before consonants, but ἐξ before vowels.
  • οὐ before consonants, οὐκ before the smooth breathing, and οὐχ before the rough breathing.

Greek to English

  1. Does a good goddess have a good plan?
  2. The fair goddesses are dear to the spirit of the goddess of the terrible sea.
  3. Cilla and Chrysa are good and dear to the goddesses of the seas
  4. The fair goddess does not have an evil spirit.
  5. The goddess is beautiful but she has an evil spirit.
  6. The terrible noise is from the sea.
  7. Cilla and Chrysa were beside the sea.
  8. The goddesses of the sea are dear to many spirits, for they are lovely.
  9. The noble fatherland is dear to many good spirits.
  10. He was from an evil fatherland.
  11. There are Many funeral pyres in the beloved fatherland beside the terrible sea.
  12. Who does not have a noble spirit?

English to Greek

  1. καλαὶ βουλαὶ εἰσι φίλαι ψυχῇσι θεάων;
  2. πολλὰς βουλὰς ἔχουσιν, δὲ κακάς.
  3. βουλαὶ εἰσι φιλαὶ ψυχῇ θεᾶς καλής, καλαὶ γάρ εἰσιν.
  4. καλὴ θεὰ θαλάσσης ἐν Κίλλῃ οὐκ ἦν.
  5. πολλαὶ πυραί εἰσιν ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ ἐν φίλῃ πάτρῃ.
  6. τίς ἐν Κίλλῃ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ ἦν;

Things to Remember


First Declension (Greek 1st Declension in more detail)

Singular

N. θεά (a, the) goddess
G. θεᾶς of; from (a, the) goddess
D. θεᾷ to, for; on, at, in; by, with (a, the) goddess
A. θεάν (a, the) goddess
V. θεά O goddess!

Dual

N.A.V. θεά (the) two goddesses
G.D. θεῇιν to, for; on, at, in; by, with (the) two goddesses

Plural

N.V. θεαί (the) goddesses
G. θεάων of; from (the) goddesses
D. θεῇσι to, for; on, at, in; by, with (the) goddesses
A. θεάς (the) goddesses

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