Vocabulary for the Third Exam

Dear Hellenists,

To help you prepare for our third exam, I've added some special sets to Quizlet. Please use them as you see fit:

• ΑΩ: Nouns through Lesson 25;
• ΑΩ: Verbs through Lesson 25;
• ΑΩ: Adjectives through Lesson 25;
• ΑΩ: Pronouns through Lesson 25;
• ΑΩ: Adverbs through Lesson 25;
• ΑΩ: Prepositions through Lesson 25;
• ΑΩ: Conjunctions, Correlatives, Interjections, and Particles through Lesson 25; and
• ΑΩ: All Vocabulary through Lesson 25.

DC

Exam on Tuesday, 05-10-16

Dear Hellenists,

Our third midterm exam, which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 10, 1:30–4:30 p.m., will have the following format.

(1) Vocabulary:

I'll give you English nouns, adjectives, pronouns, or verbs, you give me their Greek vocabulary entries as they appear on Quizlet (full forms, no abbreviations). The focus will be on the vocabulary for Groton Lessons 17–25.

NOTE: See my next post on the specialized Quizlet vocabulary lists to help you prepare.

(2) Declining articles-participles-nouns:

I'll give you English article-participle-noun trios in the singular or plural, you give me the Greek forms in the four major cases. The articles and participles must modify the nouns in case, number, and gender.

NOTE: To help streamline your preparation, all participles will be derived from the verb παιδεύω.

(3) Verb clusters:

I'll give you an English verb and a specific person/number. You give me all of the indicative forms in that person/number in the present, imperfect, future, aorist, perfect, and pluperfect tenses, active, middle, and (where appropriate) passive

(4) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected Greek prose, using vocabulary and grammar through chapter 25. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(5) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Saturday, May 14, 11:00 p.m.):

Practice reading the midterm passage out loud: use Groton's textbook to help you determine vowel/consonant sounds and place accents. When you have perfected your reading, call my campus voice mail and read me the Greek over the phone. 

NOTE: Please prepare for and complete this portion of the exam on your own. I'll supply a copy of the passage for you to practice on and mark up. (No, you do not have to memorize the passage. Yes, you can read from the copy.)

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For this exam, you'll be responsible for all concepts and vocabulary through ΑΩ Lesson 25.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 05-03-16

Dear Hellenists,

Our final assignment, Tuesday morning, April 26, has both a mandatory and an extra-credit component. Please observe the distinction.

FOR EVERYONE:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 25, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Formation of middle/passive participles (#154–8, pp. 163–5)
• Supplementary participles (#159, p. 166);
• Summary of prepositions and their cases (#160, p. 166); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 25 (#161, p. 167)

OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT (up to a whopping 50 extra credit points, 10 points per sentence):

(2) Due by 8:00 a.m.:

• English-to-Greek sentences (all)  (#162, p. 168).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 05-02-16

Dear Hellenists,

Let's cross the finish line into May. By Monday morning, May 2, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 24 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Aspect of participles (#150, pp. 157–8);
• Uses of participles: attributive, circumstantial, and with particles (#151, pp. 158–9); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 24 (#52, p. 159).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Decline in Greek the following article-participle-noun trios. Decline them in all four major cases and in both the singular and the plural (96 forms in all).

— the summoning hope (present active participle)
— the about-to-discover messenger (future active participle)
— the persuading/having-persuaded guardian spirit (aorist active participle)
— the having-remained meal (perfect active participle)

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 04-28-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Thursday morning, April 28, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 24, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Formation of active participles in various tenses (#146–7, pp. 154–6);
• The present participle of εἰμί (#148, p. 156); and
• Participles of contract verbs (#149, p. 157).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Test out your participles! Read and translate "Dinner Goes to the Dogs" (#154, p. 161).

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 04-26-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, April 26, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 23, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Expressions of time with genitive, dative, and accusative (#142, p. 148); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 23 (#143, pp. 148–9).  

(2) Reading: Groton, Lesson 24, on participles in general (#145, pp. 153–4).

(3) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Read and translate "Bat, Bush, & Bird" (back in Lesson 23) (#144, p. 151).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 04-25-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Monday morning, April 25, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 23 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Relative clauses and pronouns  (#140, pp. 145–7); and
• The adjective πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν (#141, pp. 147–8).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• English-to-Greek sentences 2, 3, and 5 only (#144, p. 150).

HINT: As we'll learn in class on Monday, "within the same time" (in sentence #5) should consist of the adjective "same" modifying "the time," the entire phrase put in the genitive. No need to to translate "within" if you've done this correctly. (See #142, p. 148 if you need more help than this.)

DC

Vocabulary for Week 14

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

Your vocabulary assignments for Week 14 are as follows:

(1) By 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, please complete at least three Quizlet Study/Play exercises for each of the following sets of flashcards (6 exercises total):

• ΑΩ 24: Vocabulary; and
• ΑΩ 25: Vocabulary.

(2) By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, please complete a Test exercise for each of the above sets (two tests total).

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 04-21-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Thursday morning, April 21, please do the following:

(1) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Read and translate "Monkeying Around" (#139, p. 144).

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 04-19-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, April 19, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 19 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Basic perfect and pluperfect middle/passive indicatives (and the perfect mid./pass. infinitive) (#133, pp. 137–8);
• Perfect/pluperfects of consonant-stem verbs  (#135, pp. 130–40)
• Fifth principal parts (#132, 134, 136; pp. 137, 138, 140–1);
• The dative of personal agent (#137, p. 141); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 21 (#138, p. 142).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (all) (#139, p. 143).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 04-18-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Monday morning, April 18, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 21 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• The interrogative pronoun τίς (#126, pp. 131–2);
• The indefinite pronoun τις (#127, pp. 132–3);
• Possessive adjectives (#128, p. 133); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 21 (#129, pp. 133–4).

(2) Extra-credit homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Read and translate "Chat with a Cat" (back in Lesson 19, #119, p. 122).

DC

Vocabulary for Week 13

Dear Hellenists,

Your vocabulary assignments for Week 13 are as follows:

(1) By 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, please complete at least three Quizlet Study/Play exercises for each of the following sets of flashcards (6 exercises total):

• ΑΩ 22: Vocabulary; and
• ΑΩ 23: Vocabulary.

(2) By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, please complete a Test exercise for each of the above sets (two tests total).

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 04-14-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Thursday morning, April 14, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 20  on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• First and second perfect active indicative and infinitive  (#122, pp. 124–5;
• Principal parts of all verbs to date  (#123, pp. 126–7); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 20 (#124, p. 128).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• English-to-Greek sentences 1, 2, and 4 only (#125, p. 129); and
• "All Caw, No Caution" (#125, p. 130).

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 04-12-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, April 12, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 19 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Reflexive pronouns (#116, pp. 118–19);
• Genitive of possession (#117, p. 119); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 19 (#118, p. 120).

(2) Reading: Groton, Lesson 20 on the following concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• The perfect tense/fourth principal part  (#120, p. 123); and
• Perfect tense theory, esp. reduplication  (#121, pp. 124).

(3) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• English-to-Greek sentences 1, 2, 3, and 5 (#119, p. 121).

DC

Assignment for Monday, 04-11-16

Dear Elementary Hellenists,

By Monday morning, April 11, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 19 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• The second aorist tense (#114, p. 115); and
• First aorist indicatives, infinitives, and imperatives (#115, pp. 116–18).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Read and translate "Outfoxed" (back in Lesson 17, #107, p. 106).

DC

Vocabulary for Week 12

Dear Hellenists,

Your vocabulary assignments for Week 12 are as follows:

(1) By 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, please complete at least three Quizlet Study/Play exercises for each of the following sets of flashcards (9 exercises total):

• ΑΩ 19: Vocabulary;
• ΑΩ 20: Vocabulary; and
• ΑΩ 21: Vocabulary.

(2) By 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, please complete a Test exercise for each of the above sets (three tests total).

DC

Assignment for Thursday, 04-07-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, April 7, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 18 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• The aorist tense (#108, p. 107);
• First aorist indicatives, infinitives, and imperatives (#109, pp. 107–10);
• The aoristic third principal part (#110, pp. 110–11);
• The genitive of value (#111, p. 111); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 18 (#112, pp. 111-12).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• Greek-to-English sentences (#113, p. 112).

DC

Assignment for Tuesday, 04-05-16

Dear Hellenists,

By Tuesday morning, April 5, please do the following:

(1) Reading: Groton, Lesson 17 on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way:

• Third declension sigma stem nouns (#102–4, pp. 101–3);
• Third declension adjectives (#105, pp. 103–4); and
• Vocabulary for Lesson 17 (#106, p. 104).

(2) Homework (due by 8:00 a.m.):

• English-to-Greek sentences 2, 3, and 4 only (#107, p. 105).

DC