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Σήμερον (ἔως τῆσδε ὥρας) ἐτελέωσα τὸν μὲν τοῦ Πλούταρχου τοῦ Νομᾶς βίον, τὴν δὲ παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ Λυκούργου, καὶ ἡρξάμην τὸν βίον τοῦ Σόλωνος.
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"Συνίημι τοὺς λόγους. Ἔχω δὴ τοὺς ἀρίστους λόγους."
"Ὀλίγόν μοι ἐδανείσεν ὁ πατήρ, ἑκατομύριον δολάρια."
"Μοι δὲ ἀρέσκουσι οἱ μὴ ζωγρηθέντες."

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ἐνθυμούμενος περὶ τοῦ τῆς ἀγαθῆς ῥήτορος φόνου δύσκολος ἦν μανθάνειν τὴν ἑλληνικὴν γλώτταν ἀλλὰ ὅμως ἐμάνθανον τὴν τοῦ Φαρνελλος βίβλου.
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τήμερον διετελέσατε τήν πράξεις  τῶν Ἀποστόλων ἀναγιγνώσκων.
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daivid wrote:ἐνθυμούμενος περὶ τοῦ τῆς ἀγαθῆς ῥήτορος φόνου δύσκολος ἦν μανθάνειν τὴν ἑλληνικὴν γλώτταν ἀλλὰ ὅμως ἐμάνθανον τὴν τοῦ Φαρνελλος βίβλου.
Daivid - I certainly share the sentiment; surely, however, to give the sense you want from δύσκολος, the construction here would have to be impersonal. What about (e.g) ἐμοί δη ἐνθυμούμενῳ περὶ τοῦ τῆς ἀγαθῆς ῥήτορος φόνου δύσκολον ἦν μανθάνειν etc.?


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daivid wrote:τήμερον διετελέσατε τήν πράξεις  τῶν Ἀποστόλων ἀναγιγνώσκων.
Daivid - διετελέσατε?

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John W. wrote:
daivid wrote:τήμερον διετελέσατε τήν πράξεις  τῶν Ἀποστόλων ἀναγιγνώσκων.
Daivid - διετελέσατε?

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διετέλουν?
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daivid wrote:
John W. wrote:
daivid wrote:τήμερον διετελέσατε τήν πράξεις  τῶν Ἀποστόλων ἀναγιγνώσκων.
Daivid - διετελέσατε?

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διετέλουν?
Daivid
Daivid - sorry my previous comment was a bit rushed. If the sense is 'continued', then διετέλουν might be better; if you're opting for the aorist, it should (as you no doubt know) be διετελέσα, not διετελέσατε.

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τήμερον ἀνέγνων ἄλλον μέρος τῆς τῶν Ἀποστόλων πραξέων.
John W. wrote:
daivid wrote: διετέλουν?
Daivid
Daivid - sorry my previous comment was a bit rushed. If the sense is 'continued', then διετέλουν might be better; if you're opting for the aorist, it should (as you no doubt know) be διετελέσα, not διετελέσατε.

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ἐκ οἰκίας ὤν μόνον ἐμνημόνευσα μίαν φρασὶν ἀλλὰ πρὶν ἔλιπον οἰκίαν πῶς ἀμείβουσι ῥήματα.
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ἀναγιγνώσκοντος τὰς τῶν Ἀποστολῶν ἐμοῦ Πράξεις καίπερ φράσεων εὐκολωτέρων οὐσῶν ἔτι οἱ λόγοι εστι δύσκολοι.
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Coming along. But you can’t go shoving εμου (which is emphatic) inside the object (“the Acts of my Apostles”?!). You cd put it before or after αναγιγν. or after πραξεις.
οι λογοι εστι: concord? And ετι better directly before vb.
φρασεων: των φρ. or φρ. τινων?

Looking back, "Before I left" is not πριν ελιπον. Check use of πριν. And αμειβω is transitive. You want passive I think.

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μαθών ἐνίας φράσεις ἐξελθόν. πεπορευμένων αὐτούς ἀνεγίγνωσκον πρὶν ἐδυνάμην μιμνήσκειν.
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daivid, can you spot what's wrong with:
ἐξελθόν
πεπορευμένων
πρὶν ἐδυνάμην (more difficult, this one)?

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δακνόμενος περὶ τῆς πόλεως ἀνέγνων μόνον μικρὸν μέρος τῆς τῶν Ἀποστολῶν πράξεως
mwh wrote:daivid, can you spot what's wrong with:
ἐξελθόν
I went out - completed action. I need a bit more help there.
mwh wrote:πεπορευμένων
πορευόμενος :oops:
mwh wrote:πρὶν ἐδυνάμην (more difficult, this one)?
It needs to be past and there isn't a aorist so that only leaves the imperfect. Perhaps tomorrow I will see it.
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ἀνέγνων μὲν μέρος τῆς των Ἀποστολῶν πράξεως, εἰπὲν δὲ φράσει ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Ξενοφῶντος Ἀναβάσεως.
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ἔδοξε μοι τὰς τῶν Ἀποστολῶν πραξεῖς λίαν δυσκόλους εἶναι ὥστε τήμερον ἀνέγνων τὴν τοῦ Στράβωνος βίβλον.
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ἀναγιγνώσκων τὴν τοῦ Στράβωνος γεωγραφικὴν, τοὺς λόγους ἔπαθον ὡς δυσκόλους.
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daivid wrote:
mwh wrote:daivid, can you spot what's wrong with:
ἐξελθόν
I went out - completed action. I need a bit more help there.
Check how the 2nd aorists are inflected. What mood are you seeking—how is it formed?

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Σήμερον τὸ πρόλογον τοῦ Αἴαντος τοῦ Σοφοkλέους ἀνέγνων καὶ πολὺ ἐχάρην.

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σήμερον ἐνέχθεις ὑπὸ νεὼς ὑπὲρ τοῦ τῆς Σανφρανισκοπόλεως Κόλπου ἐπορευσάμην εἰς τὸ ἐργαστήριον, ἀεὶ μεταφέρων σιγῇ ἐν τῷ νῷ τὰς μελέτας τῆς Ἐλενορ Δικει.
“One might get one’s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato." "In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much.”

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ἔμαθον τὸν Ολεδορφα καὶ ἀνέγνως τὸν τοῦ Ἰεδσαθος μῦθον.
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τημερον χρῶν λόγους ἐκ τὴν τοῦ Στράβωνος γεωγραφικὰς εγραψα περι τῆς τοῦ Ἰσαακος βύβλου.
Timothée wrote:
daivid wrote:
mwh wrote:daivid, can you spot what's wrong with:
ἐξελθόν
I went out - completed action. I need a bit more help there.
Check how the 2nd aorists are inflected. What mood are you seeking—how is it formed?
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daivid wrote:τημερον χρῶν λόγους ἐκ τὴν τοῦ Στράβωνος γεωγραφικὰς εγραψα περι τῆς τοῦ Ἰσαακος βύβλου.
Daivid - as Michael flagged up in a post of 12 June above, χρῶν λόγους doesn't work. And what about ἐκ τὴν? I think you probably need to double-check agreement etc.

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John W. wrote:
Daivid - as Michael flagged up in a post of 12 June above, χρῶν λόγους doesn't work. And what about ἐκ τὴν? I think you probably need to double-check agreement etc.

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εὐχαριστῶ σοι


τημερον χρώμενος λόγους ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Στράβωνος γεωγραφίας εγραψα περι τῆς τοῦ Ἰσαακος* βύβλου.


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daivid wrote: τημερον χρώμενος λόγους ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Στράβωνος γεωγραφίας εγραψα περι τῆς τοῦ Ἰσαακος* βύβλου.


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Daivid - thanks. χρώμενος actually takes the dative, not accusative; I'm also unsure why we've got βύβλου - any reason why it's not just βίβλου?

Sorry to seem so picky!

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It has been troubling me a while already that (to my ear) εὐχαριστῶ sounds awfully Modern Greek. Woodhouse offers χάριν ἔχειν and χάριν εἰδέναι. I do like that better. But what's the jury's opinion on "thank you!" in Anc.Greek?

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πάλιν ἔγραψα πέρι τοῦ Ἰσαακος βύβλου καὶ ἀνέγνων ἤδη ἀναγνωσθησόμενον μέρος τοῦ τοῦ Πλουτάρχου βιοῦ πέρι Θεμιστοκλέους.

Timothée wrote:It has been troubling me a while already that (to my ear) εὐχαριστῶ sounds awfully Modern Greek. Woodhouse offers χάριν ἔχειν and χάριν εἰδέναι. I do like that better. But what's the jury's opinion on "thank you!" in Anc.Greek?
It would good for me to try a different way of saying thank you but why infinitives?
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Timothée, You’re right, in ancient Greek ευχαριστω is no more “Thankyou” than παρακαλω is “You’re welcome.” The language has evolved.

daivid, Woodhouse evidently gives infinitive forms rather than 1st-person forms (a practice of which in principle I approve). “Thank you” could be χάριν σοι ἔχω/οιδα ("I'm grateful to you"). You could toss in πολλην for “Thanks a lot” (unsarcastic), "I'm very grateful to you"; πλειστην for "Thanks a ton," "I'm most grateful to you."

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ἄποινον μελέτημα ἐκ τοῦ Ὀλλενδορφφος μεταβιβάζων ἐκ ἑλληνικὰς γλώσσας.
mwh wrote:Timothée, You’re right, in ancient Greek ευχαριστω is no more “Thankyou” than παρακαλω is “You’re welcome.” The language has evolved.

daivid, Woodhouse evidently gives infinitive forms rather than 1st-person forms (a practice of which in principle I approve). “Thank you” could be χάριν σοι ἔχω/οιδα ("I'm grateful to you"). You could toss in πολλην for “Thanks a lot” (unsarcastic), "I'm very grateful to you"; πλειστην for "Thanks a ton," "I'm most grateful to you."
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daivid wrote:πάλιν ἔγραψα πέρι τοῦ Ἰσαακος βύβλου καὶ ἀνέγνων ἤδη ἀναγνωσθησόμενον μέρος τοῦ τοῦ Πλουτάρχου βιοῦ πέρι Θεμιστοκλέους.
Daivid - ἀναγνωσθησόμενον is future; did you want aorist here?

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τήμερον ἔμαθον τὸν Ὀλλενδορφφα καὶ ἀνέγνων τι ἤδη ἀναγνωσθέν μικρὸν τῆς ἀναβάσεως μέρος.

John W. wrote:
daivid wrote:πάλιν ἔγραψα πέρι τοῦ Ἰσαακος βύβλου καὶ ἀνέγνων ἤδη ἀναγνωσθησόμενον μέρος τοῦ τοῦ Πλουτάρχου βιοῦ πέρι Θεμιστοκλέους.
Daivid - ἀναγνωσθησόμενον is future; did you want aorist here?

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χάριν σοι ἔχω.
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οὐκ εὖ καθεύδων κόπτομαι τήμερον ὥστε τὸ ἐκ παγήσεσθαι πήγνυμι μέλος ἤκουον.
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τήμερον ἀνέγνων μέρος τῆς τοῦ Εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ἰωάννου βύβλου.
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καίπερ λίαν κοπτόμενος ὤν πάλιν ἀνέγνων μέρος τῆς τοῦ Εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ἰωάννου βύβλου.
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εὔκοπον τὴν τοῦ Εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ἰωάννου βύβλον ἀναγιγνώσκειν ὥστε ταχέως ἀνεγίγνωσκον.
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Just a few minor things from a little earlier.
daivid wrote:χάριν ὑμὶν ἔχω
This should be perispomenon.
daivid wrote:ἐκ ἑλληνικὰς γλώσσας.
Check which case (and form!) the preposition ἐκ takes. I also think that singular should be just fine.
daivid wrote:ἄποινον
This I didn't understand (which doesn't mean that it's wrong). "I made an exercise." ? ἐποίησα???
John W. wrote:I'm also unsure why we've got βύβλου - any reason why it's not just βίβλου?
I checked LS, and it suggests that βύβλος is the original form; βίβλος would have been generalised from βιβλίον, which in turn was an Attic assimilation from βυβλίον, which was restored during Roman times. In Attic υ was pronounced [y] and not , though we have to be careful of circulus in probando, as this very word is one of the proofs of υ's sound value in Attic! (Meisterhans—Schwyzer §13) Cf. also Μυτιλήνη ~ Μιτυλήνη, the latter of which is younger and metathesised according to M—S.

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τῷ τῆς τῆς Ρυσσελλος βύβλου μανθάνειν κατανοῶ τὰς μου ἁμαρτίας.
Timothée wrote:Just a few minor things from a little earlier.
daivid wrote:χάριν ὑμὶν ἔχω
This should be perispomenon.
daivid wrote:ἐκ ἑλληνικὰς γλώσσας.
Check which case (and form!) the preposition ἐκ takes. I also think that singular should be just fine.
χάριν ὑμῖν
Timothée wrote:
daivid wrote:ἄποινον
This I didn't understand (which doesn't mean that it's wrong). "I made an exercise." ? ἐποίησα???
ἄποινον μελέτημα was supposed to be I did an exercise but I felt I was floundering as I wrote it.
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τὸ τῆς φιλοσοφίας τοῦ Ἰσαακος διέρχεσθαι ἦν δυσκολώτερον ὥστε τήμερον βραδυτέρων ἀνεγίγνωσκον.
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τήμερον ἀνέγνων μέρος τῆς τοῦ Ξενοφῶντος ἀναβάσεως ἄνωθεν.
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τῷ μελετᾶν χρώμενος τῇ τῆς Ρυσσελλος βίβλῳ ἔμαθον ἑλληνικὰς φράσεις.
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