Ancient Greek for Everyone: A New Digital Resource for Beginning Greek

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Ancient Greek for Everyone: A New Digital Resource for Beginning Greek 2013 edition Wilfred E. Major [email protected]

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Ancient Greek for Everyone:A New Digital Resource for Beginning Greek 2013 editionWilfred E. [email protected] 1Ancient Greek for EveryoneThis class practice with the Greek alphabet Greek words with English derivatives

2Ancient Greek for EveryonePractice with English derivativesThe following slides give ancient Greek words with their definitions. Say them out loud in Greek. Match them up with modern English words. How do you think the ancient definitions led to the modern ones? Ancient Greek for Everyone love, charity messenger competitor for a prize A land of the burnt-faced people exchange forgetting a place or time with no ruler uncovering, revelation ambassador spice Ancient Greek for Everyone spontaneous joint, agreement uncut life grass birth measuring the earth letter (of the alphabet) writing, drawing a place for exercising Ancient Greek for Everyone divinity, demon people-power deceiver paper folded in half opinion, decree action two I peace (reward for) good news Ancient Greek for Everyone life river horse research heart enrollment register ladder order mixing bowl judgment , master, Lord Ancient Greek for Everyone circle mathematics madness testimony engineer woman hater secret household management small o running backward Ancient Greek for Everyone comparison, parable lung disease maker, creater politics interpreter recitation the field of speechmaking horn-nosed dried out wisdom Ancient Greek for Everyone seed foundation, principle, plan woman suffering in her womb love of wisdom bringing light voice mark grace, gift soul big oAncient Greek for EveryonePractice with English derivativesThe following slides give lists of ancient Greek words and an additional word to be added to each of them. Combine them to form modern English words. How do you think the ancient definitions led to the modern ones? Ancient Greek for Everyone ancient stars life well living thing god story home (hint: is later pronounced ) skill time

+ word, understandingAncient Greek for Everyone other deception thunder awesome roof tyrant

+ lizard Ancient Greek for Everyone other Allosaurus deception thunder awesome roof tyrant

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Mounted A. fragilis skeleton cast, San Diego Natural History Museum (Wikipedia) 14Ancient Greek for Everyone other deception Apatasaurus thunder awesome roof tyrant

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Mounted skeleton of A. louisae, Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Wikipedia) 15Ancient Greek for Everyone other deception thunder Brontosaurus awesome roof tyrant

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Ancient Greek for Everyone other deception thunder awesome Dinosaur roof tyrant

+ lizard Ancient Greek for Everyone other deception thunder awesome roof Stegosaurus tyrant

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Reconstructed S. stenops skeleton, Senckenberg Museum (Wikipedia) 18Ancient Greek for Everyone other deception thunder awesome roof tyrant Tyrannosaurus

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Reconstructed type specimen (CM 9380) at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Wikipedia) 19Ancient Greek for Everyone five six seven eight ten twelve + knee Ancient Greek for Everyone five: pentagon six seven eight ten twelve + knee

Line drawing from Wikipedia 21Ancient Greek for Everyone five six: hexagon seven eight ten twelve + knee

Line drawing from Wikipedia

22Ancient Greek for Everyone five six : seven eight ten twelve + knee

Line drawing from Wikipedia

23Ancient Greek for Everyone five six seven eight: octagon ten twelve + knee

Line drawing from Wikipedia

24Ancient Greek for Everyone five six seven eight ten: decagon twelve + knee

Line drawing from Wikipedia

25Ancient Greek for Everyone five six seven eight ten twelve: dodecagon + knee

Line drawing from Wikipedia

26Ancient Greek for Everyone weight little child feet soul

+ healing, medicalAncient Greek for EveryoneIf means love, based on the word necrophilia, can you figure out what means? If means spider, based on the word arachnophobia, can you figure out what means? Ancient Greek for EveryoneBased on the word pyromania, can you figure out what the words and mean? If refers to a leopard, or something with leopard spots, and is a camel, can you guess what animal a is? 29