New vocabulary in lesson 15

Vowel stems of the third declension. Vocabulary building

Many feminine ι stems of the third declension, based on verbal stems, denote the abstract concept of the verbal action. I list verbs, nouns, and English derivatives, when pertinent.

ἀποκρίνομαι = to answer; ἀπόκρισις, ἀποκρίσεως, ἡ = (an) answer

γι(γ)νώσκω = to know; γνῶσις, γνώσεως, ἡ = knowledge. Cf agnostic

ἐξίσταμαι = "to stand outside / beside oneself "; ἔκστασις, ἐκστάσεως, ἡ = ecstasy

ζητέω > ῶ = to seek; ζήτησις, ζητήσεως, ἡ = search

κινέω > ῶ = to move; κίνησις, κινήσεως, ἡ = movement. Cf cinema

κρίνω = to separate, pick out, decide; κρίσις, κρίσεως, ἡ = a judgment, decision. Cf crisis

πίνω = to drink

πιστεύω = to trust; πίστις, πίστεως, ἡ = faith.

There are few nouns with υ stems, but one is important enough to remember:

πρέσβυς, πρέσβεως, ὁ = elder, ambassador. Cf Presbyterian

In contrast to the above, the term for "fish," ἰχθύς, ἰχθύος, ὁ, is regular. The early Christians who met in the Roman Catacombs drew the figure of a fish on the walls. It became a symbol for their religion because of the following acronym:

Ι Ἰησοῦς

Χ Χριστός

Θ Θεοῦ

Υ Υἱός

Σ Σωτήρ

"Jesus Christ, son of God, the Savior."

ἀγγέλλω, ἀγγελέω > ἀγγελῶ, ἤγγειλα = to announce

ἀποκάλυψις, ἀποκαλύψεως, ἡ = revelation (lit: uncovering, cf. καλύπτω)

ἄρχω, ἄρξω, ἦρξα = rule, govern (+ Genitive); ἄρχω / ἄρχομαι = to begin

βασιλεῦσι(ν) = dat pl of the word meaning "king," to be studied in lesson 16

δεικνύω [δείκνυμι], δείξω, ἔδειξα = to show, point out

ἐρωτώμενα, τά = "the things asked" = the question/s (cf. ἐρωτάω > ῶ)

ζάω > ζῶ, ζήσομαι, ἔζησα = live, breathe. This verb makes contractions in η rather than in long ᾱ : ζῶ, ζῇς, ζῇ, etc.

καλέω > καλῶ, κα&#font-family: Palatino Linotype"> κάμινος, ου, ἡ = furnace, kiln

μηδέ = and not; but not; not even; μηδέ ... μηδέ = neither... nor

Νερέα = acc sg of Νερεύς, Νερέως, ὁ = Nereus, a god of the sea in Greek mythology

νήπιος, α, ον = (literally "non speaking," cf. ἔπος), thence childlike, innocent

οἰκουμένη, ης, ἡ = the inhabited earth (cf. γῆ, γῆς, ἡ = earth) , the world

ὅμοιος, α, ον = equal (to someone or something in the dative). Cf. homo-

πλεῖστος, η, ον = very great (neuter: very much), (pl: very many), most (superlative of πολύς)

Πόντος, ου, ὁ = Pontos, a god of the sea in Greek mythology, father of Nereus

πράσσω (Att. πράττω), πράξω, ἔπραξα = to do, practise

συγκοινωνός, ή, όν = partner. Cf. κοινός, ή, όν

χαλκολίβανος, ου, ὁ or χαλκολίβανον, ου, τό = fine brass