Category Archives: Hellenic

Ἑλληνική – 2017-12-01

From Wikipedia:

  • ἐξελθὼν ἧκεν.After going out he came back.
  • ἧκεν ἄγων τὸν (ἄνθρωπον).He came back leading the man.
  • τὸ φάρμακον ἐν κύλικι φέροντα τετριμμένον.Carrying the poison already pounded in a cup.
  • εἰς Ἀθήνας ἔπλευσε ταῦτα ἐξαγγελῶν.He sailed to Athens to report (lit. going to report) these things.
  • κατιδὼν τὴν μάχην … ἐβοήθει.When he saw the battle he went to help.
  • ἐνίκησαν Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἡγουμένου Ἀγησανδρίδου.The Spartans won, with Agesandridas leading them.

Ἑλληνική – 2017-11-07

From Wikipedia:

  • ἐκέλευσεν αὐτοὺς ἀπελθεῖν.He ordered them to go aside.
  • οὔ φᾱσιν εἶναι ἄλλην ὁδόν.“They say there is no other way” (lit. “they do not say there to be another way”)
  • ἐπέσχομεν τοῦ δακρύειν.We refrained from weeping.
  • καὶ ὁ παῖς ἐξελθὼν καὶ συχνὸν χρόνον διατρίψας ἧκεν ἄγων τὸν μέλλοντα δώσειν τὸ φάρμακον, ἐν κύλικι φέροντα τετριμμένον.And the boy, after going out and after spending a long time, came back leading the one intending to give the poison, (who was) carrying it already pounded in a cup.

Ἑλληνική – 2017-10-15

From Wikipedia:

  • τοὺς μὲν θεοὺς φοβοῦ, τοὺς δὲ γονεῖς τῑ́μᾱ.Fear the gods, and honour your parents.
  • δότε μοι ξίφος ὅπως τάχιστα.Give me a sword as quickly as possible!
  • ἀπαγέτω τις αὐτὴν οἴκαδε.Someone take her away home (at once).
  • θεοὶ ἡμῖν μάρτυρες ἔστων.The gods be witnesses for us.
  • κέντρῳ τῷ Α, διαστήματι τῷ ΑΒ, γεγράφθω κύκλος.Let a circle have been drawn with centre A, radius AB.

Ἑλληνική – 2017-09-21

From Wikipedia:

  • ἡδέως ἂν λάβοιμι, εἰ διδοίη.I would gladly take, if he were to give.
  • εἶπεν ὅτι θῦσαί τι βούλοιτο.He said that he wished to make a sacrifice.
  • ἐθήρευεν, ὁπότε γυμνάσαι βούλοιτο ἑαυτόν.He used to hunt, whenever he wished to take exercise.
  • ὃ μὴ γένοιτο.Which may it not happen!
  • ἐκάλεσε γάρ τις αὐτὸν ὅπως ἴδοι τὰ ἱερά.Someone had summoned him so that he could see the sacrificial entrails.
  • ἔδεισαν οἱ Ἕλληνες αὐτὸν μὴ τύραννος γένοιτο.The Greeks were afraid of him in case he might become a tyrant.

Ἑλληνική – 2017-08-29

From Tatoeba:

Match the sentences:

ἙλληνικήEnglish
ὅλοιο I love you.
ἰόντων The sun is rising.
Ἀγαπῶ σε There is learning in suffering.
Ὁ ἥλιος ἀνατέλλει Let them go.
Tί εἶ; I have a friend.
Ἔχω φίλον What are you?
Ἔχω φίλους I have friends.
πάθει μάθος May you die!
Correct answers:
ἙλληνικήEnglish
ὅλοιοMay you die!
ἰόντωνLet them go.
Ἀγαπῶ σεI love you.
Ὁ ἥλιος ἀνατέλλειThe sun is rising.
Tί εἶ;What are you?
Ἔχω φίλονI have a friend.
Ἔχω φίλουςI have friends.
πάθει μάθοςThere is learning in suffering.
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ἜΚΛΕΙΨΙΣ – Word of the Day (2017-08-21)

  • ἔκλειψις /é.kleːpʰ.sis/ → /ˈe.kliɸ.sis/ → /ˈe.klip.sis/, gen. ἐκλείψεως/ἐκλείψιος, pl. ἐκλείψεις/ἐκλείψιες: disappearance, abandonment; especially disappearance of a celestial body: eclipse
    • ἐκλείπω /e.klěː.pɔː/ → /eˈkli.po/ → /eˈkli.po/ – leave out, pass over; forsake, desert, abandon; leave off, cease; fail, am wanting, am inferior; fail (someone); die; faint; depart; be left, remain;be eclipsed
      • λείπω /lěː.pɔː/ → /ˈli.po/ → /ˈli.po/ – leave; leave alone, release; be left, remain, survive; leave, depart, disappear; desert, fail; lack, fall short, fail

 

Ἑλληνική – 2017-08-05

Translate these sentences:

1. κατέβην χθὲς εἰς Πειραιᾶ.

Correct answer:
I went down yesterday to Peiraeus.

2. ἧκεν ἐκείνη καὶ τὴν θύρᾱν ἀνέῳξεν.

Correct answer:
She came back and opened the door.

3. ἐφύλαττεν ἕως ἐξηῦρεν ὅ τι εἴη τὸ αἴτιον.

Correct answer:
She kept watch until she found out what the cause was.

4. ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐδείπνησαν, ἐξῆγε τὸ στράτευμα.

Correct answer:
When they had dined, he led the army out.

5. ἐκέλευσέ με τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἣν ἔγραψα δοῦναι.

Correct answers:
He ordered me to give him the letter which I had written.; He ordered me to give him the letter that I had written.; He ordered me to give him the letter I had written.

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Ελληνικά – 2017-07-23

Match the columns:

ΕλληνικάEnglish
Πόσο μικρό είναι το λουλούδι; How tasty is the ice cream?
Πώς είναι αυτός; How are the boys?
Πόσο νόστιμο είναι το παγωτό; How is he?
Πώς είναι τα αγόρια; Why don’t you eat an apple?
Πού είναι οι κάλτσες; Whose coffee is this?
Η απάντηση είναι όχι. The answer is no.
Ποιανής είναι αυτός ο καφές; And when?
Γιατί δεν τρως ένα μήλο; Where are the socks?
Και πότε; How small is the flower?
Correct answers:
ΕλληνικάEnglish
Πόσο μικρό είναι το λουλούδι;How small is the flower?
Πώς είναι αυτός;How is he?
Πόσο νόστιμο είναι το παγωτό;How tasty is the ice cream?
Πώς είναι τα αγόρια;How are the boys?
Πού είναι οι κάλτσες;Where are the socks?
Η απάντηση είναι όχι.The answer is no.
Ποιανής είναι αυτός ο καφές;Whose coffee is this?
Γιατί δεν τρως ένα μήλο;Why don’t you eat an apple?
Και πότε;And when?
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