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Reading Greek Unit 8 vocabulary

Test yourself on the 59 words used in Reading Greek Unit 8. Every effort has been made to replicate the exact English definition(s) supplied in RG. (Go to CWslanguagepage.)

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ἀγορά (ἡ)market-place / agora
ἄγωlead / bring
ἀδικέωbe unjust / commit a crime / do wrong
ᾄδω / ἀείδωsing
ἀνίσταμαιget up / emigrate
ἄξιος α ονworthy / worthy of (+ gen.)
ἀπολέωI shall kill / destroy
βέλτιστος η ονbest
βελτίων ονbetter
δεξιός ά όνclever / right-hand
δῆμος (ὁ)people / deme
διά + gen.through
δικαστήριον (τό)law-court
δικαστής (ὁ)juror / dikast
ἐγγύς (preposition)(+ gen.) near / nearby
εἰρήνη (ἡ)peace
εἰρήνην ἄγωlive in/be at peace
ἐκεῖσε(to) there
ἐκκλησία (ἡ)assembly / ekklesia
ἐναντίον(+ gen.) opposite / in front of
ἐν τούτῳmeanwhile
ἐπείsince
ἐπί + gen.on
ἑτοῖμος η ονready (to) (+ inf.)
εὐδαίμων ονhappy / rich / blessed by the gods
ἡγεμών (ὁ)leader
ἡγέομαιthink / consider / lead (+ dat.)
ἡδονή (ἡ)pleasure
Ἡρακλῆς (ὁ)Herakles
καθοράωsee / look down on
λαμβάνομαιtake hold of (+ gen.)
μετά + gen.with
μέγιστος η ονgreatest (superlative of μέγας)
μείζων ονgreater (comparative of μέγας)
μόνος η ονalone
νυνthen (cf. νῦν now)
οἰκτίρωpity
ὁ μέν…ὁ δέone…another
πάθος (τό)experience / suffering
πανταχοῦeverywhere
πέμπωsend
περί + gen.about
πλέως α ωνfull of (+ gen.)
ποιέομαιmake
πολίτης (ὁ)citizen
προστρέχωrun towards
ῥήτωρ (ὁ)orator / politician
σῖτος (ὁ)food (pl. τὰ σῖτα)
σπονδαί (αἱ)treaty / truce
συγγενής (ὁ)relation
τᾶνmy dear chap (condescendingly)
ὑπέρ + gen.for / on behalf of
ὑπό + gen.by / at the hands of
φιλόσοφος (ὁ)philosopher
χαῖρεhello! / farewell!
χαλεπός ή όνdifficult / hard
χείρ (ἡ)hand
χείρων ονworse
χρόνος (ὁ)time

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