Elementary Ancient Greek
- History of the Greek Alphabet
- Greek Alphabet PDF
- More on Greek Writing from Ancient Scripts.com
- English Principal Parts
- English Articles – a good discussion of “a / an” and “the” from Purdue
- An Adventure with a Lion – a great way to review Greek Prepositions
- GRK 203 – Apology Word List
Greek for Reading Vocabulary
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Nouns
ἡ ἀδικία, τῆς ἀδικίας
injustice, wrong
ὁ βίος, τοῦ βίου
life
ἡ βλάβη, τῆς βλάβης
harm
ἡ γῆ, τῆς γῆς
earth
ἡ γνώμη, τῆς γνώμης
opinion, attitude
ὁ δάκτυλος, τοῦ δακτύλου
finger
τὸ δῶρον, τοῦ δώρου
gift
τὸ ἔργον, τοῦ ἔργου
labor, work
ἡ ἡμέρα, τῆς ἡμέρας
day
ἡ θάλαττα, τῆς θαλάττης
sea
ὁ θεός, τoῦ θεοῦ
god
ὁ λύκος, τοῦ λύκου
wolf
ἡ μορφή, τῆς μορφῆς
shape, form
ὁ νεανίας, τοῦ νεανίου
young man
ἡ πενία, τῆς πενίας
poverty
ὁ φόνος, τοῦ φόνου
killing, murder
Verbs
ἀλλάττω, ἀλλάξω, ἤλλαξα
to change
λαμβάνω, λήψομαι, ἔλαβον
to take, seize, receive
ποιέω, ποιήσω, ἐποίησα
to make, do
τέρπω, τέρψω, ἔτερψα
to please
τιτρώσκω, τρώσω, ἔτρωσα
to wound
τίω, τίσω, ἔτισα
to honor
φιλέω, φιλήσω, ἐφίλησα
to love
Adverb
πάλιν
again
Coordinating Conjunctions
| ἀλλά | however, but |
| γάρ | for (= because) |
| δέ | but, and |
| ἤ ; ἤ … ἤ | or ; either … or |
| καί, τε | and |
| μέν … δέ | on the one hand … on the other |