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, oceanw/ acc. to, up to, over
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
- Does a good goddess have a good plan?
- The fair goddesses are dear to the spirit of the goddess of the terrible sea.
- Cilla and Chrysa are good and dear to the goddesses of the seas
- The fair goddess does not have an evil spirit.
- The goddess is beautiful but she has an evil spirit.
- The terrible noise is from the sea.
- Cilla and Chrysa were beside the sea.
- The goddesses of the sea are dear to many spirits, for they are lovely.
- The noble fatherland is dear to many good spirits.
- He was from an evil fatherland.
- There are Many funeral pyres in the beloved fatherland beside the terrible sea.
- Who does not have a noble spirit?
English to Greek
- καλαὶ βουλαὶ εἰσι φίλαι ψυχῇσι θεάων;
- πολλὰς βουλὰς ἔχουσιν, δὲ κακάς.
- βουλαὶ εἰσι φιλαὶ ψυχῇ θεᾶς καλής, καλαὶ γάρ εἰσιν.
- καλὴ θεὰ θαλάσσης ἐν Κίλλῃ οὐκ ἦν.
- πολλαὶ πυραί εἰσιν ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ ἐν φίλῃ πάτρῃ.
- 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
Review: Chapter 3