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Correspondence of Core Vocabulary to

C.W. Shelmerdine. Introduction to Greek.
Second Edition. Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2008.
for GREK 1001 (Chapters 1-17)

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CORE GREEK VOCABULARY

for GREK 1001 at LSU

C.W. Shelmerdine. Introduction to Greek. Second Edition. Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2008.
These 223 words correspond to those from the vocabulary lists in Chapters 1-17 which
are included in the overall Core Vocabulary for the two-year program.

- - good -, master
announce welcome
, -, market place + gen, acc through
lead, bring , justice
, -, contest pursue
always , glory, opinion
-, prisoner of war -, slave
hear near
but wish
other , if
makes indicative verbs less real (contrary to fact) be
board, cross -, peace
force, compel + acc into
manly, brave , + gen from, out of
, , man each
-, / human being there
worthy drive
+ gen from free
carry off hope for
be away -, hope
die + dat in
kill outside
ancient + gen at; + dat on; + acc on to, against
rule -, message, letter
, -, shield , work
, , town -, love
- self, same, s/he/it still
foreign, barbarous or ready
, , king -, year
be king, rule, reign well
hurt find
, , / ox - hated
for, because have, hold
, old man or, than
write , -, leader
, , woman already
and, but have come, be present
-- awesome , sun
, tree , day
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, the sea remind, remember (in middle)

, death , sea battle
be in awe , , ship
-, goddess - - naval
, god , young man
serve , island
sacrifice , victory
, breastplate consider
, doctor , custom, law
, priest , disease
-, horseman , now
, horse , , night
- - strong , the
and , road
- - bad , house, household
- - beautiful ' be able
, fruit few
leave behind , name
put down call by name
order , heavily-armed soldier, hoplite
-, head , weapon, tool
, messenger , , mountain, hill
risk who, which, that
, danger because, that
cut , , not (with indicative verbs)
, judge therefore, so
hide and not
prevent educate
, village , , , child
take , '
say, speak from (+ gen.), beside (+ dat.), to (+ acc.)
leave prepare
, stone provide
-, harbor , , father
, word , -, fatherland
loosen, destroy stop
- - long persuade
fight send
, battle around, about (+ gen., dat., acc.)
, , big fall
intend, going to trust
on the one hand, on the other hand - - faithful
stay rich
with (+ gen.) after (+ acc.) , creator, poet
not ( with indicative verbs) hostile (m.pl.: the enemy)
and not , war
, , mother , -, a city
- - small , citizen
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many , winter
carry, march , thing, (pl.) money
, river , time
do , land
, , old man , O! oh!
ambassador (esp. in pl.)
+ gen. before
+ dat. to, + acc. in addition to
, gate
easy
, , orator, speaker, politician
, grain
, wisdom
- - wise
hurry
do military service
, general
, army
, soldier
, camp
advise
allied
with (+ dat.)
save
, body
arrange
and
, wall
, child
-, value
then
, trireme
, , water
for (+ gen.), beyond (+ acc.)
by (+ gen.), under (+ gen., dat.),
down under (+ acc.)
- - high
carry
flee, run away
say
, love, friendship
friendly, dear
, fear
-, or fugitive
guard
-, sound, voice
- - difficult
, -, grace, favor