Thursday, July 4, 2024

Daily Greek Vocabulary Review

Today's proverbs are from GROUP 60; use that link to review the vocabulary, English translation, and commentary. Before you click and look at the English, see which proverbs you can understand on your own without any English prompting!

  1. Τῷ θεῷ ἕπου.
  2. Βάλλ᾽ ἐς ὕδωρ.
  3. Λαγὼς καθεύδων.
  4. Τὰ καίσαρος ἀπόδοτε καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ. 
  5. Φωνὴ αἵματος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου βοᾷ πρός με ἐκ τῆς γῆς. 

Here's the worksheet for Groups 60-6-46, plus the answer key (from the worksheet folder), and here's the audio at SoundCloud. If you are reading this in an email, the audio is embedded in the blog post.



15th-century depiction of Cain and Abel

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Daily Greek Vocabulary Review: July 4

Today's proverbs are from GROUP 6; use that link to review the vocabulary, English translation, and commentary. Before you click and look at the English, see which proverbs you can understand on your own without any English prompting!

  1. Μὴ πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ.
  2. Ἐν οἴνῳ ἀλήθεια.
  3. Γλαῦκας εἰς Ἀθήνας.
  4. Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκει.
  5. Τῶν ὤτων ἔχω τὸν λύκον.

Here's the worksheet for Groups 6-46-55, plus the answer key (from the worksheet folder), and here's the audio at SoundCloud.


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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Daily Greek Vocabulary Review: July 3

Today's proverbs are from GROUP 46; use that link to review the vocabulary, English translation, and commentary. Before you click and look at the English, see which proverbs you can understand on your own without any English prompting!

  1. Οὐχ εὕδει Διὸς ὀφθαλμός.
  2. Στρεπτὴ δὲ γλῶσσ' ἐστὶ βροτῶν.
  3. Λιμὸς δὲ πολλῶν γίγνεται διδάσκαλος.
  4. Ἦσαν ὡς πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα.
  5. Οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος. 

Here's the worksheet for Groups 46-55-21, plus the answer key (from the worksheet folder), and here's the audio at SoundCloud.


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Monday, July 1, 2024

Daily Greek Vocabulary Review: July 2

Today's proverbs are from GROUP 55; use that link to review the vocabulary, English translation, and commentary. Before you click and look at the English, see which proverbs you can understand on your own without any English prompting!

  1. Λάθε βιώσας.
  2. Ἱππόλυτον μιμήσομαι
  3. Ὕπνος πέφυκε σωμάτων σωτηρία.
  4. Ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.
  5. Ὁ προστιθεὶς γνῶσιν προσθήσει ἄλγημα. 

Here's the worksheet for Groups 55-21-70, plus the answer key (from the worksheet folder), and here's the audio at SoundCloud



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