Xenophon On Tyranny Common Vocabulary

ἀγαθός -ή -όν

good

ἀδικέω

I wrong (someone +acc.); I commit an injustice

αἰσθάνομαι

I perceive, learn by perceiving

ἄλλος -η -ο

other, another, different

ἡ ἀνάγκη, τῆς ἀνάγκης

necessity, force, compulsion

ὁ ἀνήρ, τοῦ ἀνδρός

man

ὁ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

human being, person

ἀποθνήσκω

I die

ἀποκτείνω

I kill

ἄρχω

I rule; I begin

τὰ Ἀφροδίσια

matters of Aphrodite; love affairs, sex

βούλομαι

I want

γίγνομαι

I become, occur, happen; I am born

ἡ δαπάνη, τῆς δαπάνης

expense, cost; money spent

διαφέρω

I differ; I make a difference

δοκέω

I think, have an opinion; I seem

δύναμαι

I am able, have the power to do something

ἔοικε

it is likely, it is probable (+acc. + inf.)

ἐπιθυμέω

I desire

εὐφραίνομαι

I am gladdened; I feel joy/delight

ἥδομαι

I am pleasing to (+dat.)

ἡδύς -εῖα -ύ

pleasant

ὁ ἰδιώτης, τοῦ ἰδιώτου

private person; unskilled person

ἱκανός -ή -όν

(of things) sufficient; (of people) capable

κακός -ή -όν

bad

καλός -ή -όν

good, noble, beautiful

κτάομαι

I acquire

λέγω

I say, tell, mean

λυπέω

I feel pain

μικρός -ά -όν

small, little

ἡ μοῖρα, τῆς μοῖρας

portion; fate

μόνος -η -ον

alone, only

νομίζω

I believe

οἶδα

I know

οἴομαι

I think

ὁράω

I see

οὐδείς, οὐδεμία, ούδέν

no one, nothing

παρέχω

I provide

πᾶς, πᾶσα, πάν

all, every, whole

πλεῖστος -η -ον

most, very many

ποιέω

I make, do; I fair

πολέμιος -α -ον

hostile, enemy

ὁ πόλεμος, τοῦ πόλεμου

war

ἡ πόλις, τῆς πολέως

city

ὁ πολίτης, τοῦ πολίτου

citizen

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

much, many, great

σός, σή, σόν

your (sing.)

τιμάω

I honor

ἡ τυραννίς, τῆς τυραννίδος

tyranny

ὁ τύραννος, τοῦ τύραννου

tyrant

φημί

I say

φιλέω

I love, regard with friendship

φυλάσσω

I guard

χαλεπός -ή -όν

difficult, hard to bear, painful