GCSE Greek Vocab OCR

ἀγαθός

good

ἀγγέλλω

I announce

ἀμείνων

better

ἄριστος

best

ἀγγελῶ

I will announce

ἤγγειλα

I announced

ἀγγέλλος

messenger

ηγγελθην

I was announced

ἀγορά

market-place

ἀγρός

field, countryside

ἄγω

I lead, bring

ἄξω

I will lead

ἤγαγον

I led

ἤχθην

I was led

ἄδικος

unjust, wrong

ἔτη

years

Ἀθηναῖοι

Athenians

Ἀθηναῖος

Athenian

ἆθλον

prize, reward

αἱρέω

I take

αἱρήσω

I will take

εἷλον

I took

ᾑρέθην

I was taken

αἰσθάνομαι

I notice, percieve

αἰσθήσομαι

I will percieve

ᾐσθόμην

I perceived for myself

αἰσχρός

shameful, ugly

αἰσχίων

more shameful, uglier

αἴσχιστος

most shameful, ugliest

αἰτέω

I ask, ask for

αἰτήσω

I will ask

ᾔτησα

I asked

αἴτιος + gen

responsible for, guilty of

αἰχμάλωτος

prisoner (of war)

ἀκούω

I hear, listen

ἀκούσομαι (future)

I will listen to

ἤκουσα

I listened to

ἠκούσθην

I was listened to

ἀληθής (adj)

true

τό ἄληθες

the truth

ἀλλά

but

ἄλλος, ἄλλη, ἄλλο

other, another

ἀνά + acc

up

ἀναγκάζω

I force, compel

ἀναγκάσω

I will force

ἠνάγκασα

I forced

ἠναγκάσθην

I was forced

ἀναχωρέω

I retreat, withdraw

ἀναχωρήσω (future)

I will retreat

ἀνεχώρησα

I retreated

ἀνδρεῖος, ἀνδρεία, ἀνδρεῖον

brave

ἄνεμος

wind

ἄνευ + gen

without

ἀνήρ

man, husband

ἇνδρες

men

ἄνθρωπος

man, person

ἄξιος, ἀξία, ἄξιον + gen

worthy of

ἀπό + gen

from, away from

ἀποθνῄσκω

I die, am killed

ἀποθανοῦμαι

I will die

ἀπέθανον (strong aorist)

I died

ἀποκρίνομαι

I reply

ἀποκρινοῦμαι

I will reply

ἀπεκρινάμην (weak aorist)

I replied

ἀποκτείνω

I kill

ἀποκτενῶ

I will kill

ἀπέκτεινα (weak aorist)

I killed

ἆρα

[introduces a question]

ἄρχω + gen

I rule

ἄρξω + gen (future)

I will rule

ἦρξα + gen (weak aorist)

I ruled

ἤρχθην + gen

I was ruled

ἄρχομαι + gen

I begin

ἄρξομαι + gen

I will begin

ἠρξάμην + gen

I began

ἀρχή

beginning, power, empire

ἀσθενής, ἀσθενής, ἀσθενές

weak

ἀσπίς, , ή

shield

ἀσπίδες

shields

ἀσφαλής (adj)

safe

αὖθις

again

αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό

-self, himself, herself, itself (emphatic)

ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τό αὐτό

the same

αὐτόν, αὐτήν, αὐτό (acc/gen/dat only - also plural)

him, her, it, them

ἀφικνέομαι

I arrive

ἀφίξομαι (future)

I will arrive

ἀφικόμην (strong aorist)

I arrived

βαίνω

I go

βήσομαι (future)

I will go

ἔβην (aorist)

I went

βάλλω

I throw, fire at, hit (with missile)

βαλῶ (future)

I will throw

ἔβαλον

I threw

ἐβλήθην (aorist passive)

I was thrown

βάρβαροι, βαρβάρων, οἱ

foreigners, barbarians

βασιλεύς

king

βία

force, strength

βασιλέις (plural)

kings

βίος

life

βλάπτω

I harm