THE FIRST GREEK BOOK
BY JOHN WILLIAMS WHITE, PH.D, LL.D., LITT.D.
Professor Of Ancient Greek At Harvard University
This Revision Copyright ©2012 by Shawn Irwin



Lesson XXIX - Contract Verbs in Contract Verbs in εω and οω in the Indicative.

S279. Learn the conjugation of the present and imperfect indicative active, middle and passive of ποιέω, do, make, in 782, and of δηλόω, manifest, in 783.

S280. Observe also that
(2) ε + ω = ω; ε + ο or ου = ου; ε + ε or ει = ει.

S281. Observe also that
(3) ο + ω = ω; ο + ο, ε or ου = ου; ο + ει = οι.

a. Review the rule for accent in 272.

S282. Vocabulary.
ἀδικέω, ἀδικήσω, etc. (compare ἄδικος), be unjust, do wrong, wrong, injure.
ἄδικος, ον, ( - a negation, + δίκη), unjust.
ἄρχων, οντος, ὁ, (compare ἄρχω), ruler, commander.
δηλόω, δηλώσω, etc., make clear, show, manifest.
Ἑλλάς, άδος, ἡ, (compare Ἑλληνικός), Greece.
κακῶς, (compare κακός), adverb, badly, ill.
καλέω, καλῶ, ἐκάλεσα, κέκληκα, κέκλημαι, ἐκλήθην, call, summon, name.
ὅτι, conjunction, that, because, since.
ποιέω, ποιήσω, etc., do, make. κακῶς ποιέω, treat badly, harm, injure, ravage.
πολεμέω, πολεμήσω, etc., (compare πόλεμος), war, make war, fight.
φιλέω, φιλήσω, ἐφίλησα, πεφίλημαι, ἐφιλήθην, (compare φίλος, φίλιος), love.

S283.
1. ὁ δὲ ποταμὸς καλεῖται Μαίαινδρος.

2. ὁ δὲ ἄρχων ἐπολέμει ἄδικον πόλεμον.
Note: πολεμον A cognate of the accusative.

3. τοὺς Κύρου φίλους κακῶς ποιεῖτε.

4. τοῦτους γὰρ τοὺς ἄρχοντας οἱ στρατιῶται μᾶλλων ἐφίλουν ἢ τοὺς ἄλλους.

5. ὑπὸ Κύρου Πρόξενος οὐκ ἠδικεῖτο.

6. κακῶς ἐποίεις τὴν τοῦ σατράπου χώραν.

7. φόβον ποιοῦσι τοῖς ἵπποις τῇ κραυγῇ.
Note: Dative of means (866).

8. πάλιν δὲ ὁ Κῦρος ἠρώτᾱ, "Ἠδίκουν τὸν ἄνθρωπον;"

9. δηλοῖ δὲ ὅτι ἀπορόν ἐστιν ἄγειν τὸ στράτευμα εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα.

10. ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἐπολέμουν μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων˙ ἐπεὶ δὲ Κῦρος ἐκάλει, ἐπορευόμην πρὸς αὐτόν.

S284.
1. Are the other soldiers doing this?
2. The barbarians are wronged by the guards.
3. You love these more than (you love) the others.
4. The Thracians are wronging the allies.
5. They ask whether you were calling the bowman.

S285. Cyrus is perplexed, but states his professed purpose.
Κῦρος δὲ μετεπέμπετο τὸν Κλέαρχον˙ ὁ δὲ ἰέναι μὲν οὐκ
ἤθελε, λάθρᾳ δὲ τῶν στρατιωτῶν πέμπων αὐτῷ ἄγγελον
ἔλεγε θαρρεῖν.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα συνήγαγε τοὺς στρατιώτᾱς καὶ δηλοῖ ὅτι ἄπορον
ἐστι πάλιν πορεύεσθαι εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἄνευ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων˙ ἡ δ᾽
ἀγορὰ ἦν ἐν τῷ βαρβαρικῷ στρατεύματι. οἱ δ᾽ ἐρωτῶσι Κῦρον εἰ
ἡ ὁδὸς μακρά ἐστιν˙ ὁ δ᾽ ἀποκρίνεται (answers) ὅτι Αβροκόμᾱς
ἐχθρὸς ἀνὴρ ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ ποταμῷ ἐστι˙ πρὸς τοῦτον οὖν βούλεται
πορεύεσθαι.

ἰέναι: to go (to him), present infinitive of εἶμι, go.
στρατιωτῶν: the genitive follows the adverb λάθρᾳ secretly, without the knowledge of (856).
θαρρεῖν: by contraction for θαρρεειν, and dependent on ἔλεγε, bade him be of good courage.
συνήγαγε: compare 267, 6.
οἱ δὲ, ὁ δὲ: compare 238, 2.
ἐχθρὸς ἀνὴρ: a man (who is his) enemy.

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