[B-Greek] The Meaning of hAMILLAIS, ATHLIWTEROS and EFH

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Dec 11 08:52:40 EST 2009




 
On Thursday, December 10, 2009, at 09:49PM, "Mohd Faudzee" <ezlitar at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm faudzee fom Malaysia and taking basic koine Greek. I just want to ask what is the meaning of these words in english:
>
>1. hAMILLAIS 

This is the dative plural of the noun ἅμιλλα, ης, ἡ (hAMILLA, -HS, hH) meaning "contest" or "competition"

>2. ATHLIWTEROS

We ordinarily transliterate this as AQLIWTEROS (using Q for "Theta").
This is the comparative masculine singular nominative of AQLIOS, an adjective meaning "miserable" or "wretched"

>3. EFH


As George has already indicated, this is the third-person singular aorist active indicate of the verb FHMI (φημί) meaning "say" or "affirm"

 Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)



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