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Smith, Melliush. Teach yourself Greek (1968)(T)(335s).djvu

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British
archseologists have excavated it and found the foundations
of a hall large enough to hold 10,000 people...
If, on the other hand, the stem of the
verb ends in α, ε, or o, this vowel tends to melt and
run into the vowel of the regular ending...
In the " boxing "
(πυγμή) leathern thongs were wound round the fists of the
combatants...
The crown at the
Olympic games was of wild olive, at the Pythian, bay, at
the Isthmian, parsley and pine, and at the Nemean, parsley...
μετάνοια, ' changing m
one's mind ', and so ' repentance ' t»
Sometimes ' search '—e.g...
Έξηκοντουτης2 Διονύσιος ένθαδε κειμαι,
Ταρσευς, μη γημας·3 είθε 4 δε μηδ* ό πατήρ...
Another Riddle
άνθρωπου μέρος ειμί, ό και τέμνει με σίδηρος.20
γράμματος αιρομενου δυεται ήελιος...
TEACH YOURSELF GREEK
' Remember me' could be either έμου μεμνησο or
μεμνησο μου...
In
the remaining chapters you will have a few hints on
the ' syntax'—that is, the arrangement whereby
the words are put together to convey a certain
sense...
υπεσχετο τούτο ποιησειν, ' he promised to do this \
The Article with the Infinitive...
What then is an impersonal
verb? It is a verb in the third person singular,
which may be in any tense, but has no personal
XXVI...
)
' By delaying and by allowing time, the doctor has
healed/
(d) The future participle frequently indicates
purpose, especially with ώς—
XXVII...
A wish such as ' may you perish !'
can be expressed by the one word όλοιο, which is
the 2nd person singular of the aorist optative (this is
a better name, as it comes from a Latin word mean-
meaning ' wishing') of όλλυμαι, ' I perish ' (which, in-
incidentally, is the ' middle' of όλλυμι, ' I destroy')...
You shall not make obeisance to them, nor be a servant to
them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, referring the
sins of fathers upon children, until the third and fourth generation,
for those that hate me,
and shewing (lit...
For otherwise I alone of the Achaeans will not have the
prize which I won in battle." In answer to this Achilles, showing
equal wrath, said, " Will you take away from me my maiden?
But I tell you this...
And running and spreading wide his wings to
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lovely Cythera, he said, " Mother, I am ruined...
And this man was appointed with
power to assemble the boys, and if anyone slacks to punish him
vigorously...
Of such a kind is—
" Metiochus is general, and Metiochus looks after roads,
Metiochus inspects the bread, and Metiochus the barley-meal,
Metiochus looks to all things, Metiochus will rue the day."
This man was one of Pericles' friends, who used the power he
derived from him unpopularly and excessively...
In Syria formerly, when an elephant was being brought up
at home, the keeper who brought its measure of grain abstracted
and embezzled a half share every day...