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How to say good job in Ancient Greek?

Question: If I was a teacher in Ancient Greece, and I wanted to write "good job" or "great job" or "excellent" on a students paper. What text would I write? Thank you so much.
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Ancient Greek: first declension stem

I’ve been looking for a long time, but I still don’t understand how to get the stem of an Ancient Greek noun that belongs to the first declension. Almost every book says that for example -ᾱ, -η, -ᾰ (nom.sg.) are endings of first declension. And at…
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Why does the greek word δεσπότης (despótes) in the vocative become δέσποτα (déspota) instead of the normal δεσπότα (despóta)?

In the greek word δεσπότης (despótes), the accent in the vocative case ascends from the penultimate syllabe to the antepenultimate, i.e. δέσποτα (déspota), this being the only exception in words of the first declension. My question is: is there a…
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Diogenes quote about poisoned honey

I am trying to locate the source and original Greek of this quote attributed to Diogenes: "A beautiful whore is like poisoned honey".
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Why is Cnaeus rendered as Νάϊος in RGDA?

Chapter 18 of RGDA opens with the following (Cooley’s CUP edition of 2009, macrons added by me): [Ab illō annō q]uō Cn(aeus) et P(ūblius) Lentulī c[ōns]ulēs fuērunt, cum dēficerent [ve]ct[ī]g[ālia, tum] centum mīllibus h[omi]num tum plūribus multō…
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κλειτος in Greek Epithets

The verbal adjective κλειτός is used in a wide range of Greek epithets/proper names. It appears in compounds such as Πολύκλειτος (much-famed), δουρίκλειτος (spear-famed), τηλέκλειτος (far-famed) and περίκλειτος (famed all round). In light of these…
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Ancient Greek principal parts (web-site)

I was looking for the web-site where I could find six principal parts of Ancient Greek verbs, similar to Latin https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php - But I couldn't find any. I will be grateful if you can suggest anything similar. Sorry if the…
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Verb tense when qualified by αεί/αἰέν

In particular, I am wondering about Epic Greek, but I am supposing that the rule is the same in Classical Greek. My question is about what verb tenses are allowed by the adverb αεί when it is qualifying the verb. Even more particularly, can a verb…
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Compensatory lengthening in Koine Greek

Newbie to Greek here, I have a question about compensatory vowel lengthening: "5. The Severer (and earlier) Doric contracts εε to η, and οε, οο to ω. Thus, φιλήτω from φιλεέτω, δηλῶτε from δηλόετε, ἵππω from ἵππο-ο (230 D.); the Milder (and later)…
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Are there any unambiguous examples in Biblical or ancient Greek texts where "gymnos" means " wearing a loincloth or light tunic"?

The Latin "nudus" can mean wearing only the first layer of tunic or a loincloth. BAG says gymnos can mean wearing a loincloth. Many writers say that where the Biblical text says that Peter while fishing was "gymnos" but that he was actually not nude…
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Greek compounds: would "creation of knowledge" be sophogenesis or sophiagenesis?

I'm writing an academic text and trying to find a nice term for the concept of creation/generation of knowledge. The Greek dictionaries I consulted seem to indicate sophia or sophos would work but I'm unsure how to merge them with genesis and don't…
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A matching opposite of the word "axiom"

A rough search told me that the word axiom traces back to axíōma (ἀξίωμα), which roughly means "that which commends itself as evident". I am looking for a word which expresses the dual concept to an axiom, i.e. "that which commends itself as…
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Is there a 'catalogue' of Euclid's use of Greek prepositions in his Elements?

A question on SE-Biblical Hermeneutics quoted Bullinger's Companion Bible referring to Euclid in order to define the meaning of εις in a metaphoric context. Euclid uses eis when a line is drawn to meet another line, at a certain point. Hence it…
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Four different greek words roughly translated as 'With' - I'm missing one?

I'm not knowledgeable on ancient greek. I was listening to someone who said in passing that ancient greek has (at least) four different words roughly translated as the English word "With". To sate my curiosity, I was looking up their definitions,…
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What is this form?

Τὴν πεπρωμένην δὲ χρὴ αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾷστα, γιγνώσκονθ' ὅτι τὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης ἔστ' ἀδήριτον σθένος. What is this declension?
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