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Greek 101: Elementary GreekHandout for chapter 1aFor each of the following words,(1) write our each Greek word (include breathing and accent) three times, pronouncing it aloud as you do so.(2) transliterate the word into the Roman alphabet (e.g. λ?γει = legei).(3) study the English translation and etymology.Greek wordMeaningEtymological hint or association?στ?he/she/it is this is, believe or not, the same word as English is, German ist, Latin (and French) est, Spanish esλ?γειs/he says, tells, speaksyou will soon come to see this as a relative of the noun λ?γο?, which means “word,” or “study” or even “story,” and is the suffix for psychology, biology, astrology, etc. Words like lexicon (lek-si-kon)also come from the λεγ-/λογ- stemο?κε?s/he lives, dwellssee below, under ? ο?κο?πονε?s/he works--φιλε?s/he lovesbibliophile is a lover of biblia = books; a philosopher is a lover of sophia = wisdomχα?ρειs/he rejoices? ?γρ??fieldagriculture is the tending of a field? ?νθρωπο?man, human, personanthropology is the study (logos) of humans? ο?κο?house, homeeconomics was originally spelled oeco-, which is latinized oiko-, and at first meant keeping track of finances at the house (for rich folks, an estate)? π?νο?toil, work--? σ?το?grain, food-- (well, there is a word sitology = study of nutrition, but I doubt that helps!)καλ??beautifulcalligraphy means beautiful γραφ? = writingμακρ??long; largemacro-economics is the study of economics from the large perspective, just as macroscope means something large enough to be seen without an instrument μικρ??smallthink microscope, for instanceπολ??much, manyall those words starting with poly-, such as polytheism (worship of many gods), polysyllabic (many syllables), polygamy (many marriages, or too many in any case), Polynesia (a country of many islands) ................
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