Exercises 31.1 Memorize the vocabulary.

Exercises 31.2 Please provide the ending number and declension(s) for each of the following adjectives. There are four possibilities:

  • 2 ending; 2nd declension (2-2)
    • (2-2) means that the first (M/F) and second (N) set of endings are 2nd declension
  • 3 ending; 1st and 2nd declension (2-1-2)
    • (2-1-2) means that the first (M) and third (N) are 2nd declension, the second (F) are 1st declension
  • 2 ending; 3rd declension (3-3)
    • (3-3) means that the first (M/F) and second (N) set of endings are 3rd declension
  • 3 ending; 1st and 3rd declension (3-1-3)
    • (3-1-3) means that the first (M) and third (N) set of endings are 3rd declension, and the second (F) set of endings are 1st declension
    • e.g. ἄδικος, ον: 2 ending; 2nd declension (2-2)
  1. εὐθύς εὐθεῖα εὐθύ
  2. ποῖος ποία ποῖον
  3. αἰώνιος αἰώνιον
  4. μόνος μόνη μόνον
  5. ἀληθής ἀληθές
  6. μικρός μικρά μικρόν
  7. ὀξύς ὀξεῖα ὀξύ
  8. σοφός σοφή σοφόν
  9. ἥττων ἥττον
  10. σύμμαχος σύμμαχον

Exercises 31.3 Decline in full the following adjectives. Watch the accents!

  1. βάρβαρος βάρβαρον
  2. ἀμείνων ἄμεινον
  3. σαφής σαφές
  4. ταχύς ταχεῖα ταχύ

Exercises 31.4 Decline in Greek each noun/adjective pair in full. Watch the accents!

  1. True book
  2. Larger battle
  3. Stronger horse
  4. Unjust poet
  5. Straight road

Exercises 31.5 For the following sentences, parse each adjective (i.e., give the gender, number, and case), and identify its antecedent (i.e., the noun that it modifies). Translate the sentence.

  1. ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῖν μίαν σοφὴν βουλὴν εἶπε.
  2. περὶ πολλῶν κακῶν βραχεῖαν ἐπιστολὴν ἔπεμψα.
  3. ἔβησαν εἰς βάρβαρον χώραν οἱ ἐχθροί.
  4. ἡ ὁδὸς ῥᾳδία ἐστιν, ἀλλ' οὐκ ὀρθή.
  5. ὁ σοφὸς γιγνώσκει τὴν ἀληθῆ ἀρετήν.
  6. ἐσθίεις τὸν ἡδὺν ἄρτον;
  7. αὐτὴ ἐστιν ἡ μόνη ἐλπὶς ἡμῖν.
  8. οὗτος δοκεῖ κρείττων εἶναι.
  9. ἡ θυγάτηρ σου λέγει δίκαιά τε καὶ καλά.
  10. τὰ ὅπλα ἡμῶν χαλκᾶ ἐστιν.
  11. οἱ πολέμιοι ἐλάττονές εἰσι νῦν.
  12. βελτίονα πόλιν εἴδομεν.
  13. ὁ μάρτυς γιγνώσκει τὴν σαφῆ ἀλήθειαν.
  14. τοὺς ταχεῖς ἵππους εἰς τὸν μέγαν ποταμόν ἤγαγον.

 

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