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
To hear pronunciation of these words, click on the audio links for Nouns, Verbs and Adverb below.
Nouns
| ἡ ἀλήθεια, τῆς ἀληθείας | truth |
| ἡ ἀνάγκη, τῆς ἀνάγκης | necessity |
| ἡ ἀρετή, τῆς ἀρετῆς | virtue, excellence |
| ἡ δίκη, τῆς δίκης | right, justice |
| ὁ ἔρως, τοῦ ἔρωτος | love |
| ἡ θρίξ, τῆς τριχός | hair, hide |
| ὁ καιρός, τοῦ καιροῦ | critical moment, crisis |
| ὁ λιμός, τοῦ λιμοῦ | hunger |
| ὁ λόγος, τοῦ λόγου | word, speech, thought, consideration |
| ἡ λύπη, τῆς λύπης | grief |
| ἡ μνήμη, τῆς μνήμης | memory |
| ἡ μουσική, τῆς μουσικῆς | music |
| ὁ νόμος, τοῦ νόμου | law |
| ἡ νύξ, τῆς νυκτός | night |
| ὁ πόνος, τοῦ πόνου | toil, trouble |
| ὁ φίλος, τοῦ φίλου | friend |
| ὁ φόβος, τοῦ φόβου | fear |
| ἡ χείρ, τῆς χειρός | hand |
| ὁ χρόνος, τοῦ χρόνου | time |
Verbs
| διαφθείρω, διαφθερῶ, διέφθειρα | to destroy |
| διδάσκω, διδάξω, ἐδίδαξa | to teach |
| ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήξω, ἐξέπληξα | to destroy |
| εὑρίσκω, εὑρήσω, ηὗρον | to find |
| ἔχω, ἕξω/σχήσω, ἔσχον | to have |
| κρίνω, κρινῶ, ἔκρινα | to judge |
| λύω, λύσω, ἔλυσα | to dissolve, release, destroy |
| μένω, μενῶ, ἔμεινα | to remain |
| νίπτω, νίψω, ἔνιψα | to wash |
| νίζω, νίψω, ἔνιψα | to wash |
| παύω, παύσω, ἔπαυσα | to cause to stop, to stop |
| τίκτω, τέξω, ἔτεκον | to produce |
| τρέχω, θρέξομαι, ἔθρεξα/ἔδραμον | to run |
Adverb
| οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ | not |