| Term | Definition |
| παῖς, παιδός, ὁ/ἡ | child, boy, girl |
| ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ | man, husband |
| ἄλλος, ἄλλη, ἄλλον | other, another |
| πάλιν | back; again |
| ἡγεμών, ἡγεμόνος, ὁ | leader, guide |
| ἄρχω, ἄρξω, ἦρξα (+ gen.) | rule, command; begin |
| πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ | father |
| πρᾶγμα, πράγματος, τό | thing, matter, act; (pl.) circumstances, affairs; trouble |
| δίκη, δίκης, ἡ | justice; trial, lawsuit; penalty |
| κελεύω, κελεύσω, ἐκέλευσα | order, give an order; urge |
| εἰμί, ἔσομαι | (present encl. except 2 sg.; be impf. ἦν) |
| ὀνομάζω, ὀνομάσω, ὠνόμασα | name, call by name; call X (an) X (+ 2 acc.) |
| ποιητής, ποιητοῦ, ὁ | poet |
| πούς, ποδός, ὁ | foot |
| μέλλω, μελλήσω, ἐμέλλησα | be likely to (+ pres. inf.); intend, delay; be about to (+ fut. inf.) |
| οὖν (postpos.) | so, therefore; in fact |
| ὄνομα, ὀνόματος, τό | name; fame |
| ὕδωρ, ὕδατος, τό | water |
| ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον | lead, bring |
| μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα | big, great; powerful |
| λαμβάνω, λήψομαι, ἔλαβον | take, seize; receive |
| Ἑλλάς, Ἑλλάδος, ἡ | Greece |
| πολέμιος, πολεμία, πολέμιον | hostile |
| ἔχω, ἕξω / σχήσω, ἔσχον (impf. εἶχον) | have |
| οὐδείς, οὐδεμία, οὐδέν | nobody, no one, nothing |
| τότε | then, at that time |
| φέρω, οἴσω, ἤνεγκον | carry, bear, bring |
| ἄρχων, ἄρχοντος, ὁ | archon, leader, ruler |
| ἀρχή, ἀρχῆς, ἡ | rule; empire, province; beginning |
| στάδιον, σταδίου, τό | stade (3/5 of a mile) |
| τάλας, τάλαινα, τάλαν | wretched, miserable, suffering |
| δέκατος, δεκάτη, δέκατον | tenth |
| μήτε … μήτε | neither … nor |
| πατρίς, πατρίδος, ἡ | fatherland, country |
| πῦρ, πυρός, τό | fire |
| χείρ, χειρός, ἡ | hand |
| χρόνος, χρόνου, ὁ | time |
| ὀνόματι | by name |
| αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό | (gen., dat., acc.) him, her, it, them |
| φύλαξ, φύλακος, ὁ | guard; watchman |
| σύν (+ dat.) | with |
| οἷός τέ εἰμι | be able, can |
| κάμηλος, καμήλου, ὁ/ἡ | camel |
| οὔποτε / μήποτε | never |
| μήτηρ, μητρός, ἡ | mother |
| εἷς, μία, ἕν | one |
| Ἕλλην, Ἕλληνος, ὁ | a Greek |
| πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν | all, every, whole |
| σύ, ὑμεῖς | you, you (pl.) |
| κῆρυξ, κήρυκος, ὁ | herald |
| δέκα (not declinable) | ten |
| ἐγώ, ἡμεῖς | I, we |
| μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν | nobody, no one, nothing (when the negative is μή) |
| λέων, λέοντος, ὁ | lion |
| ποτέ (encl.) | at some time, ever, in the world |
| μηδέ | and not, but not; nor; not even |
| νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ | night |
| οἱ πολέμιοι | the enemy |
| ἐθέλω, ἐθελήσω, ἠθέλησα | want, be willing |
| γυνή, γυναικός, ἡ | woman, wife |
