Ancient Greek Vocabulary: Masculine Common Nouns

A collection of masculine common Greek nouns covering professions, social roles, and historical terms provided in the lecture notes.

ἀθλητής -οῦ, ὁ

athlete

δεσπότης -ου, ὁ

master; despot or sovereign

δικαστής -οῦ, ὁ

judge; associated with the administration of state sectors

εραστής -οῦ, ὁ

lover; derived from Eros, the god of love

εὐεργέτης -ου, ὁ

benefactor

εὑρετής -οῦ, ὁ

discoverer

ἰδιώτης -ου, ὁ

private citizen

κλέπτης -ου, ὁ

thief; one who has a mania for stealing

κριτής -οῦ, ὁ

judge

κυβερνήτης -ου, ὁ

helmsman; figuratively a governor or one who holds the rudder

λῃστής -οῦ, ὁ

robber

μαθητής -οῦ, ὁ

student or disciple

ναύτης -ου, ὁ

sailor; related to the art of navigation

νεανίας -ου, ὁ

young man

νομοθέτης -ου, ὁ

lawmaker

οἰκέτης -ου, ὁ

servant; related to the word for house (οἰκία)

οἰκιστής -οῦ, ὁ

founder of a colony

Ὀλυμπιονίκης -ου, ὁ

winner of the Olympic Games

ὁπλίτης -ου, ὁ

hoplite; a soldier with heavy armor

πελταστής -οῦ, ὁ

peltast; a soldier with light armor

ποιητής -οῦ, ὁ

poet

πολίτης -ου, ὁ

citizen; related to the science and art of the state