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ἀκούω
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  • ἀκούω: hear, listen to
  • ἀλλά: but
  • ἄλλος, –η, –ο: other, one...another
  • ἄν: modal adv. (ever)
  • ἄναξ, ὁ: a lord, master
  • ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ: a man
  • ἀπό: from, away from. (+ gen.)
  • αὐδάω: say, speak, utter
  • αὐτός, –ή, –ό: he, she, it; the same; -self
  • βίος, ὁ: life
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  • βλέπω: look, look at
  • βροτός, ὁ, ἡ: a mortal, human
  • γάρ: for, since
  • γε: at least, at any rate; indeed
  • γῆ, ἡ: earth
  • γίγνομαι: come to be, become
  • γιγνώσκω: learn, recognize, judge
  • γυνή, γυναικός, ἡ: a woman, wife
  • δέ: but, and, on the other hand
  • δεῖ: it is necessary, must, ought (+ inf.)
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  • δεινός, –ή, –όν: terrible; strange, wondrous
  • δή: indeed, surely, really, certainly, just
  • δῆτα: certainly, to be sure, of course
  • διπλοῦς, –ῆ, οῦν: double, two-fold
  • διωιδν, –ονος, ὁ: divine spirit, fate
  • δοκέω: seem, seem best, think, imagine
  • δράω: to do, do work, work
  • ἐγώ: I
  • εἰ: if, whether
  • εἴ–τε: or, either…or; whether…or
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  • εἰμί: to be, exist
  • εἶπον: aor. said, spoke
  • εἰς (ἐς): into, to, in regard to (+ acc.)
  • εἰσ–οράω: to look upon, view, behold
  • εἶς, μία, ἕν: one, single, alone
  • ἐκ, ἐξ: out of, from (+ gen.)
  • ἐμαυτοῦ, –ῆς, οῦ: myself
  • ἐμός, –ή, –όν: my, mine
  • ἐν: in, on, among (+ dat.)
  • ἔνθα: where; there
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  • ἐπεί: when, after, since, because
  • ἐπί: to, toward (acc), on near, at (dat.)
  • ἔργον, τό: work, labor, deed, act
  • ἐρέω: will say (fut. λέγω)
  • ἔτι: still, besides, further
  • εὖ: well
  • εὑρίσκω: find, discover, devise, invent
  • ἔχω: have, hold; be able; be disposed
  • ζάω: to live
  • Ζεύς, ὁ: Zeus
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  • ἤ: or (either...or); than
  • ἦ: truly (introduces questions)
  • ἤδη: already, now, at this time
  • ἡμεῖς: we
  • θέλω (ἐθέλω): to be willing, wish, desire
  • θεός, ὁ: a god, divinity
  • θνῄσκω: to die
  • ἱκνέομαι: come to, attain, reach
  • ἵνα: in order that (+ subj.); where (+ ind.)
  • ἴσος, –η, –ον: equal, fair, alike
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  • καί: and, also, even, too
  • κακός, –ή, –όν: bad, base, cowardly, evil
  • καλός, –ή, –όν: beautiful, fine, noble; adv. well
  • κατά: down along (acc), down from (gen)
  • κεῖνος (ἐκεῖνος), –η, ον: that, those
  • κλύω: hear
  • Κρέων, οντος, ὁ: Creon
  • κτείνω: kill
  • Λάιος, –ου, ὁ: Laius
  • λαμβάνω: take, receive, catch, grasp
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  • λέγω: say, speak
  • λόγος, ὁ: word, talk, discourse; account
  • μάλιστα: most of all; certainly, especially
  • μανθάνω: learn, understand
  • μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα: big, great, important
  • μέν: on the one hand
  • μή: not, lest
  • μη–δέ: and not, but not, nor
  • μή–τε: and not
  • μήτηρ, ἡ: a mother
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  • μόνος, –η, –ον: alone, solitary, forsaken
  • νιν: him, her (not reflexive)
  • νῦν: now; as it is
  • ξένος, ὁ: foreigner, stranger, guest-friend
  • ὁ, ἡ, τὀ: the
  • ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε: this, this here
  • οἶδα: to know
  • Οἰδίπους, ὁ: Oedipus
  • οἶκος, ὁ: house, abode, dwelling
  • οἷος, –α, –ον: of what sort, such, as
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  • ὄλλυμι: destroy, lose, consume, kill
  • ὅμως: nevertheless, however, yet
  • ὅπως: how, in what way; (in order) that
  • ὁράω: to see, look, behold
  • ὀρθός, –ή, –όν: straight, upright, right
  • ὅσος, –η, –ον: as much as, many as
  • ὅσπερ, ἥπερ, ὅπερ: (very one) who, what-
  • ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι: whoever, which-, what-
  • οὔ–τε: and not, neither...nor
  • οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ: not
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  • οὐδ–είς, οὐδε–μία, οὐδ–έν: no one, nothing
  • οὐδέ: and not, but not, nor, not even
  • οὖν: and so, then; at all events
  • οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο: this, these
  • παῖς, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ: child, boy, girl; slave
  • πάλαι: long ago, long, all along
  • πάρ–ειμι: be near, be present, be at hand
  • παρά: from, at, to the side of
  • πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν: every, all, the whole
  • πατήρ, ὁ: a father
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  • πέμπω: send, conduct, convey, dispatch
  • ποῖος, –α, –ον: what sort of? what kind of?
  • πόλις, ἡ: a city
  • Πόλυβος, –ου, ὁ: Polybus
  • πολύς, πολλά, πολύ: much, many
  • ποτέ: ever, at some time, once
  • πράσσω: do, bring about, accomplish
  • πρός: to (acc.), near, in addition to (dat.)
  • πω: yet, up to this time, before
  • πῶς: how? in what way?
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  • σαφής, –ές: reliable, definite, clear, distinct
  • σός, –ή, –όν: your, yours
  • σύ: you
  • ταχύς, –εῖα, –ύ: quick, swift, hastily
  • τε: and, both
  • τέκνον, τό: a child
  • τις, τι: anyone, anything, someone, something
  • τίς, τί: who? which?
  • τοιόσδε, –άδε, όνδε: such, this (here) sort
  • τοιοῦτος, –αύτη, οῦτο: such
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  • τυγχάνω: chance upon, get; happen
  • τύχη, ἡ: chance, luck, fortune, success
  • ὑμεῖς: you
  • φαίνω: to show; mid. appear, seem
  • φέρω: bear, carry, bring, convey
  • φημί: say, claim, assert
  • φίλος, –η, –ον: dear, beloved; friend, kin
  • Φοῖβος, ὁ: Phoebus
  • φράζω: point out, tell, indicate
  • φρονέω: think, to be wise, prudent
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  • φύω: be born, be by nature; beget, bring forth
  • χείρ, χειρός, ἡ: hand
  • χρή: it is necessary, it is right; must, ought
  • χρῄζω: want, lack, have need of (gen)
  • χρόνος, ὁ: time
  • ὦ: O, oh
  • ὧδε: in this way, so, thus
  • ὡς: as, thus, so, that; when, since
  • ὥστε: so that, that, so as to