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 XLVI - Adjective Stems in ψ and εσ of the Consonant Declension.

S426. Learn the declension of μέλᾱs, black, εὐδαίμων, for­tunate, and ἀληθής, true, ill 752.

S427. Review 259. Most adjective stems in ν are of two endings, like εἰυδαίμων. The accent is recessive.

S428. Adjectives with stems in ες are of two endings. Compare the declen­sion of τριήρης in 747. See 394, 395.

S429. VOCABULARY.
ἀληθής, ές, (compare ἀλήθεια), unconcealed, true.
ἀσφαλής, ές, free from danger, safe, secure.
ἐγκρατής, ές, (compare κράτος), possessed of power, master of.
εὐδαίμων, ον, fortunate, happy.
καταφανής, ές, in plain sight.
μέλᾱs, μέλαινα, μέλαν, black.
ὁμαλής, ές, even, level.
πλήρης, ες, full, full of, abounding in.
πολυτελής, ές, costly, expensive.
τόπος, ου, ὁ, place, region.
φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, palm tree, palm.

S430.
1. οὐκ ἔστι πᾶσι δὴ ευδαίμοσιν εἶναι.
ἔστι - For the accent, see 166, 3.

2. οὗτοι δὲ πάντες ὅπλα εἶχον μέλανα.

3. πορεύεσθαι τῆς νυκτὸς οὐκ ασφαλὲς ἦν.

4. οἱ Κύρου φίλοι τῆς αρχῆς τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς ἐγκρατεῖς ἔσονται.
αρχῆς - The objective genitive follows adjectives signifying mastery (855).

5. ὁ τοῦ σατράπου παράδεισος πλήρης ἐστὶ φοινίκων.
φοινίκων - Adjectives signifying fullness and want, like the corresponding verbs, take the genitive (855).

6. οἱ περὶ Κῦρον Πέρσαι εἶχον χιτῶνας πολυτελεῖς.

7. παρὰ τῇ ὁδῷ ἦν μέλαν τί χωρίον.

8. ἐρωτᾷ τὸν θρᾷκα εἰ ἀληθῆ ταῦτ᾽ ἐστί.

9. ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῷ τόπῳ ἦν ἡ γῆ πεδίον ἅπαν ὁμαλὲς ὥσπερ θάλαττα.

10. καὶ ἤδη τε ἦν μέσον ἡμέρᾱς καὶ οὐ καταφανεῖς ἦσαν οἱ πολέμιοι.

S431.
1. But the birds were black.
2. The soldiers were still in plain sight.
3. This was not true.
4. It was not safe to be among the barbarians.
Use ἐν.
5. There Cyrus had a palace and a park full of wild beasts.

S432. A Quarrel at the Ford.
ὁ δὲ οἶνος ἐκ τῆς βαλάνου ἐπρεποίητο τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ
φοί­νῑκος, καὶ ὁ σῖτος μελίνης ἦν˙ ταύτης γὰρ ἦν ἡ
χώρα πλήρης. ἀμφιλέγουσι δὲ τι ἐνταῦθα οἵ τε τοῦ
Μένωνος στρατιῶται καὶ οἱ Κλέαρχου˙ καὶ ὁ Κλέαρχος
κρίνει ἀδικεῖν τὸν τοῦ Μένωνος καὶ παίει. ὁ δὲ ταῦτα
τοῖς φιλοις ἔλεγεν˙ οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται ἐπεὶ ἤκουσαν
εχαλέπαινον καὶ ὠργίζοντο ἰσχῡρῶς τῷ Κλεάρχῳ.

μελίνης: predicate genitive of material (843).
ἀμφιλέ-γουσί τι: have some dispute.
Κλεάρχῳ: the dative object follows verbs signifying anger (860).

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