Vocabulary
Nouns
- ἀγορά, ἀγορᾶς, ἡ “assembly, market, forum”
- ἀγρός, ἀγροῦ, ὁ “field, land, farm”
- ἄνθρωπος, ἀνθρώπου, ὁ or ἡ “person, human being”
- γνώμη, γνώμης, ἡ “judgment, opinion”
- δίκη, δίκης, ἡ “order, right, judgment, lawsuit”
- ζημία, ζημίας, ἡ “penalty”
- θάνατος, θανάτου, ὁ “death”
- θεράπαινα, θεραπαίνης, ἡ “female slave, servant”
- θύρα, θύρας, ἡ “door”
- μάρτυς, μάρτυρος, ὁ or ἡ, “witness”
- νόμος, νόμου, ὁ “law, custom”
- οἰκία, οἰκίας, ἡ “house, dwelling”
- παιδίον, παιδίου, τό “young child” or “young enslaved person”
- πολίτης, πολίτου, ὁ “citizen”
- πρᾶγμα, πράγματος, τό “deed, act, matter, thing”
- τιμωρία, τιμωρίας, ἡ “vengeance, retribution, penalty”
- χρόνος, χρόνου, ὁ “time”
An irregular noun
The irregular noun γυνή, γυναικός, ἡ “woman, wife” declines as follows:
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | γυνή | γυναῖκες |
Genitive | γυναικός | γυναικῶν |
Dative | γυναικί | γυναιξί |
Accusative | γυναῖκα | γυναῖκας |
Vocative | γύναι | γυναῖκες |
Adjectives
- ἀγαθός, ἀγαθή, ἀγαθόν “good”
- δίκαιος, δικαία, δίκαιον “just, lawful, right”
- ἔξαρνος, ον, “denying”
- φίλος, φίλη, φίλον “beloved, dear”
An irregular adjective
The irregular adjective πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, “all, every, each” declines as follows:
Case | Singular | Plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masc | Fem | Neut | Masc | Fem | Neut | |
Nominative | πᾶς | πᾶσα | πᾶν | πάντες | πᾶσαι | πάντα |
Genitive | παντός | πάσης | παντός | πάντων | πασῶν | πάντων |
Dative | παντί | πάσῃ | παντί | πᾶσι or πᾶσιν | πάσαις | πᾶσι or πᾶσιν |
Accusative | πάντα | πᾶσαν | πᾶν | πάντας | πάσας | πάντα |
Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives
- ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε “this, this here”; in connected prose refers to what is about to be said, “the following”
- οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο “this, that”; in connected prose, refers what was just said, “the preceding”; in a list, “the latter”
- ἐκεῖνος, ἐκείνη, ἐκεῖνο “that”; in a list, “the former”