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JJW exercises, Para 42 Nos. 1 - 5

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 4:49 am
by markyesme
Okay. Here goes my first stab, both at Greek, as well as using the SPIonic fonts....

1. ἡμέρᾶς μακρᾶς
2. στρατιᾳ μῖκρᾳ
3. ἐν αγοπᾳ
4. ἡ χώρᾶ μῖκρᾶ ἠ=ν
5. οικίᾶν μῖκρᾶν ἔχει


Thanks all.

Mark :)

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 5:49 am
by mingshey
Hi Markyesme,
SPIonic doesn't support macron and brevis. The short bar over ἡμέρας is a macron(which denotes that the vowel over which it is placed is a long one). Brevis is a sign that looks like an upside-down circumflex, which denotes a short vowel, or a short syllable in poetic notation. ;)

2. -> pls. check the number

I thinks accents (as well as the length of the vowels) must be learned on the fly. (I'll have to work on the lengths again :( ) So I think you might well pick up those accents again. And, yes we miss macrons in SPIonic, but it isn't there. :(

Good luck for your Greek! 8)

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:21 am
by markyesme
Thanks a bunch. I wondered about my "macron". I figured that would be corrected. I will just leave those out (like I get to do in Latin).

On #2, Homer (Simpson) said it best: D'oh!

Mark :)

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:28 am
by Koala
Hi Markyesme - Excellent start - congrats
could I suggest:

[size=150]μακρᾶς ἡμέρας μικραῖς στρατιαῖς εν0 τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἡ χώρα μικρὰ ἦν οικίαν μικρὰν ἔχει[/size]

cordially

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:38 am
by Koala
re macrons,

my version of Spionic has a 'sort of' macron:

a> gives [size=150]ᾰγτ;[/size]
and
i< gives [size=150]ῐλτ;[/size]

there is also a8 that gives α8

but as you can see, one seems rather close to, and the other rather far from the letter

Cheers

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:42 am
by markyesme
One of those should work for me next time. Thanks.

Mark :)

Re: JJW exercises, Para 42 Nos. 1 - 5

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:51 pm
by chinese
[quote="markyesme"]

1. ἡμέρᾶς μακρᾶς
2. στρατιᾳ μῖκρᾳ
3. ἐν αγοπᾳ
4. ἡ χώρᾶ μῖκρᾶ ἠ=ν
5. οικίᾶν μῖκρᾶν ἔχει


quote]
sorry :shock:
i'm a novice, i don't know the meaning of this
can anybody explaining this for me?

Re: JJW exercises, Para 42 Nos. 1 - 5

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:21 am
by Bert
chinese wrote:
markyesme wrote:
1. ἡμέρᾶς μακρᾶς
2. στρατιᾳ μῖκρᾳ
3. ἐν αγοπᾳ
4. ἡ χώρᾶ μῖκρᾶ ἠ=ν
5. οικίᾶν μῖκρᾶν ἔχει


quote]
sorry :shock:
i'm a novice, i don't know the meaning of this
can anybody explaining this for me?
What is it that you don't understand? The code or the Greek?
The parts between the square brackets are tags to make the SPIonic font show up as Greek but this site does not use SPIonic anymore.

Re: JJW exercises, Para 42 Nos. 1 - 5

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:18 pm
by chinese
Bert wrote: What is it that you don't understand? The code or the Greek?
The parts between the square brackets are tags to make the SPIonic font show up as Greek but this site does not use SPIonic anymore.
Thanks
Actually I didn't realize there is something Greek
It is Greek in Latin letter?
Why show those Latin letters in SPionic font?

Or did there is something wrong with my computer? It is Greek letter but what I see is Latin letters and Arab numbers. What is the meaning of the Arab numbers?

May it is too basic, appreciate for answer.

Re: JJW exercises, Para 42 Nos. 1 - 5

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:28 am
by Bert


Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:35 am
by chinese
thank you :D