Chapter 12 Vocab

Question 1

αἰών, -ῶνος, ὁ

Answer 1

age, eternity

The idioms and both mean “forever.”

Question 2

διδάσκαλος, -ου, ὁ

Answer 2

teacher

Question 3

εὐθύς

Answer 3

immediately

Question 4

ἕως

Answer 4

conj: until

preposition (gen): as far as

Question 5

μαθητής, -οῦ, ὁ

Answer 5

disciple

Question 6

μέν

Answer 6

on the one hand, indeed

Postpositive. Sometimes this word is untranslatable. It can occur as a correlative conjunction with δέ. In this case you can translate μέν…δέ as “on the one hand…but on the other.” Usually in English you do not translate μέν and translate δέ as “but.”

Question 7

μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν

Answer 7

no one/thing

Declines just like οὐδείς

Question 8

μόνος, -η, -ον

Answer 8

alone, only

All adjectives can function adverbially. This word does so quite often, usually as an accusative neuter (μόνον).

Question 9

ὅπως

Answer 9

how, that, in order that

Question 10

ὅσος, -η, -ον

Answer 10

as great as, as many as

The initial ὁς retains the same form, but the second half of the word declines like the relative pronoun. For example, the nominative plural masculine is ὅσοι. This word is idiomatic; rely on context to help with a precise definition.

Question 11

οὖν

Answer 11

therefore, then, accordingly

Postpositive.

Question 12

ὀφθαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ

Answer 12

eye, sight

Question 13

πάλιν

Answer 13

again

Question 14

πούς, ποδός, ὁ

Answer 14

foot

πούς is declined like ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδος, except that in the nominative singular the omicron of the root lengthens to ου. The dative plural is ποσί(ν).

Question 15

ὑπέρ + genitive

Answer 15

in behalf of

Question 16

ὑπέρ + accusative

Answer 16

above