H and a short E sound

HE ἑ Ἑ ἓ Ἓ ἕ Ἕ

Some Words beginning with he 

ἑαυτοῦ of him or ἑαυτῆς herself reflexive pronoun

εἷς and ἕν masculine and neuter forms of the word for ONE heis hen

ἕκαστος – η - ον each

ἕκάτερος each of two both in plural

ἑκατόν One HUNDRED Hecato -

Ἑλλάς Hellas Greece see my previous post on this topic!

Ἕξ - Hex - SIX

ἑορτή festival or holiday

ἕπομαι follow

ἑπτά Hepta - SEVEN

Hera Queen of the Gods

Here's a few images of Hera!

I've picked ancient works so these should all be public domain to my knowledge?

HEE

ἡ ἣ ἥ ἧ Ἡ Ἣ Ἥ Ἧ

Some Greek words starting with H and a long E ἡ

In personal Names

Ἥβη Youth the goddess of Hebe the maiden cupbearer of the gods.

Ἥρα Hera the Queen of the Gods

Ἡρακλέης Ἡρακλῆς Heracles in Latin Hercules

Ἡσίοδος Hesiod the Poet

Ἥλιος The Titan God of the Sun

ἡ Feminine form of the definite article THE female

ἡγέομαι a verb I go before lead guide command

ἡδύς ἡδεῖα ἡδύ pleasure pleasant sweet

ἥκω I have come or reached I am here

ἡμεῖς pronoun We

ἡμέρα day

ἡμι – Prefix Half Hemi in English. Adjective ἥμισυς

ἥρωΐνη Heroine

ἡσυχία stillness quiet calm rest ἡ ἡ

LEGO NOT THE TOY!

LEGO NOT THE TOY

One of the most common Classical Greek Verbs is

λέγω

 I say tell ask talk

Here is the PRESENT INDICATIVE ACTIVE.

(Present is the Tense Indicative the Mode and Active the Voice)

λέγω λέγεις λέγει λέγομεν λέγετε λέγουσι(ν)

I say You say He or she says We say You plural say They say.

The final n is used if the the next word starts with a or at the end of a sentence.

You will also see a movable n after any third person verb form ending with a ε.

Note the endings or suffixes.

- ω - εις - ει - ομεν - ετε - ουσι(ν)

Let's look at these verbs arranged another way

SINGULAR First Second Third person

  I - ω                      λέγω

   You - εις               λέγεις

She or he or it - ει  λέγει

Plural First Second Third person

We - ομεν     λέγομεν

You - ετε   λέγετε

They - ουσι(ν)  λέγουσι(ν)

If you're a beginning student copy those suffixes and make a note for memorisation

- ω - εις - ει - ομεν - ετε - ουσι(ν)

AHA Hidden H's

AHA! Watching out for hidden H's.

Classical Greek did have a H sound ...well the last traces of one indicated by a ̔ over a vowel.

If a word has an initial HA sound you will see ἁ ἅ ἇ

Here's some words with an initial HA sound.

Ἁβρός Habros soft delicate pretty dainty luxurious

ἁγιάζω to hallow consecrate make holy

ἅιδης Hades the place and the god of

αἷμα Haemo - Blood

αἱρέω to chose

ἅλς Salt the sea

the two sea goddess Thetis and Amphitrite are called sea-born

ἁλοσύδνη

ἅμα an adverb hama At Once or a Preposition with Dative at the same time (together) with

ἁμαρτάνω to miss fail go wrong err sin

ἅρμα chariot

ἁρπάζω ravish snatch seize take away carry off by force