Exercises 35.1 Conjugate in full the following verbs in the imperfect AND aorist middle.
Exercises 35.2 The following verb forms are all aorist active. For each:
Exercises 34.1 Conjugate in full the following verbs in the imperfect middle. Remember that there is no infinitive.
Exercises 34.2 Review the Greek Verbs: Master List of Endings chart. Download a blank version of the chart from the "printables" tab on the right.
Ἀντίνοος δέ μιν οἶος ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπε·
"Τηλέμαχʼ ὑψαγόρη, μένος ἄσχετε, ποῖον ἔειπες85
ἡμέας αἰσχύνων· ἐθέλοις δέ κε μῶμον ἀνάψαι.
σοὶ δʼ οὔ τι μνηστῆρες Ἀχαιῶν αἴτιοί εἰσιν,
ἀλλὰ φίλη μήτηρ, ἥ τοι περὶ κέρδεα οἶδεν.
ἤδη γὰρ τρίτον ἐστὶν ἔτος, τάχα δʼ εἶσι τέταρτον,
ἐξ οὗ ἀτέμβει θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν.90
πάντας μὲν ἔλπει καὶ ὑπίσχεται ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ
ἀγγελίας προϊεῖσα, νόος δέ οἱ ἄλλα μενοινᾷ.
ἡ δὲ δόλον τόνδʼ ἄλλον ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μερμήριξε·
πρῶτον ἔπειτα γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν·
"ὦ γέρον, οὐχ ἑκὰς οὗτος ἀνήρ, τάχα δʼ εἴσεαι αὐτός, 40
ὃς λαὸν ἤγειρα· μάλιστα δέ μʼ ἄλγος ἱκάνει.
οὔτε τινʼ ἀγγελίην στρατοῦ ἔκλυον ἐρχομένοιο,
ἥν χʼ ὑμῖν σάφα εἴπω, ὅτε πρότερός γε πυθοίμην,
οὔτε τι δήμιον ἄλλο πιφαύσκομαι οὐδʼ ἀγορεύω,
ἀλλʼ ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος, ὅ μοι κακὸν ἔμπεσεν οἴκῳ 45
δοιά· τὸ μὲν πατέρʼ ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα, ὅς ποτʼ ἐν ὑμῖν
τοίσδεσσιν βασίλευε, πατὴρ δʼ ὣς ἤπιος ἦεν·
Exercises 33.1 Decline in all cases and numbers the following cardinal numbers.
Exercises 33.2 Supply, in Greek, the answers to the following math problems:
e.g.: ἑκκαίδεκα καὶ τέτταρά εἰσιν εἴκοσι = sixteen plus (and) four equals (are) twenty
ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,
ὤρνυτʼ ἄρʼ ἐξ εὐνῆφιν Ὀδυσσῆος φίλος υἱὸς
εἵματα ἑσσάμενος, περὶ δὲ ξίφος ὀξὺ θέτʼ ὤμῳ,
ποσσὶ δʼ ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα,
βῆ δʼ ἴμεν ἐκ θαλάμοιο θεῷ ἐναλίγκιος ἄντην.5
αἶψα δὲ κηρύκεσσι λιγυφθόγγοισι κέλευσε
κηρύσσειν ἀγορήνδε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς.
οἱ μὲν ἐκήρυσσον, τοὶ δʼ ἠγείροντο μάλʼ ὦκα.
αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ ἤγερθεν ὁμηγερέες τʼ ἐγένοντο,
βῆ ῥʼ ἴμεν εἰς ἀγορήν, παλάμῃ δʼ ἔχε χάλκεον ἔγχος,10
This is the beginning of a legal speech stemming from a dispute over a loan used to back the security of a shipload of grain. The speaker is a man named Demon, a cousin of the famous orator Demosthenes, who probably composed the speech. Demon is being sued by a man named Zenothemis, a man from Massalia (now Marseille in southern France). In this speech, Zenon contends that the suit is inadmissible and should be thrown out of court.
Biblical Readings
In this argument about Christian love, just as believers love God and his child,
ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τὰ τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅταν τὸν θεὸν ἀγαπῶμεν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ποιῶμεν. αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.
1 Jn. 5:2-3
Classical Readings
1. Aristotle summarizes the argument that there is an infinite number of atoms:
Exercises 32.1 Each of the following sentences includes Greek indirect discourse. For each sentence:
