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1.6: §102. Exercises, Chapter 15

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    §102. Exercises, Chapter 15

    A.WITHOUT USING ANY LATIN SPELLING CONVENTIONS, transliterate EXACTLY from the Greek alphabet to the Roman. Mark long vowels wherever appropriate.

    1. ἀγων ______________________________
    2. χορος ______________________________
    3. σκηνη ______________________________
    4. γενεσις ______________________________
    5. ἐξοδος ______________________________
    6. ψυχη ______________________________
    7. κλιμαξ ______________________________
    8. κωλον ______________________________
    9. θωραξ ______________________________
    10. μαθηματικα ______________________________
    11. μητροπολις ______________________________
    12. φαινομενον ______________________________
    13. λαβυρινθος ______________________________
    14. χρυσανθεμον ______________________________
    15. ζωδιακος ______________________________
    16. παθητικος ______________________________
    17. ὀλιγαρχια ______________________________
    18. ὁριζων ______________________________
    19. δυσπεψια ______________________________
    20. Σισυφος ______________________________
    21. ’Αφροδιτη ______________________________
    22. ’Ωκεανος ______________________________
    23. Εὐριπιδης ______________________________
    24. ‘Ομηρος ______________________________

    B. Transliterate from the Roman to the Greek alphabet, marking all breathings:

    1. barbaros ______________________________
    2. katharsis ______________________________
    3. aretē ______________________________
    4. mimēsis ______________________________
    5. turannos ______________________________
    6. moira ______________________________
    7. aristeia ______________________________
    8. parenthesis ______________________________
    9. antithesis ______________________________
    10. katastrophē ______________________________
    11. rhododendron ______________________________
    12. xenophobia ______________________________
    13. arakhnophobia ______________________________
    14. kharaktēr ______________________________
    15. exēgēsis ______________________________
    16. orkhēstra ______________________________
    17. prōton ______________________________
    18. phusikon ______________________________
    19. hubris ______________________________
    20. Sophoklēs ______________________________
    21. Gorgias ______________________________
    22. Dēmosthenēs ______________________________
    23. Alexandros ______________________________
    24. Hellēspontos ______________________________

    For Key to Exercises (Greek), see Appendix III.


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