Ancient Greek phrase generator (version 2, June 2016)

RANDOM NOUN AND VERB PHRASES based on Reading Greek vocabulary Units 1–10
N.B. The computer code (PHP) will frequently create nonsense but every phrase or sentence should be grammatically correct.
N.B. Try translating any subjunctives or optatives with "may".

1. RG Units 1-6 noun-phrase: λαμπάδων δικαίων
RG Unit 1 random feminine noun phrase: ναῦς δήλη
RG Unit 1 random masculine noun phrase: ῥαψωδὸς σῶος
RG Unit 1 random neuter noun phrase: ἔργον δῆλον
RG Unit 2 random feminine noun phrase: ἡσυχία πολεμία
RG Unit 2 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος ὅσος
RG Unit 1&2 random neuter noun phrase: πλοῖον ὅσον
RG Unit 3 random feminine noun phrase: λαμπὰς δεινή
RG Unit 3 random masculine noun phrase: θόρυβος πολύς
RG Unit 3 random neuter noun phrase: ὅπλα δεινά
RG Unit 4 random feminine noun phrase: ὕβρις κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random masculine noun phrase: δεσπότης κακοδαίμων
RG Unit 4 random neuter noun phrase: ἱερὸν θνητόν
RG Unit 5 random feminine noun phrase: δίκη ἄδικος
RG Unit 5 random masculine noun phrase: λόγος ἡδύς
RG Unit 5 random neuter noun phrase: χρῆμα ἄδικον
RG Unit 6 random feminine noun phrase: σελήνη ἄγροικος
RG Unit 6 random masculine noun phrase: δῆμος δεξιός
RG Unit 6 random neuter noun phrase: χωρίον κρεῖττον
RG Unit 7 random feminine noun phrase: φιλοσοφία ὑμετέρα
RG Unit 7 random masculine noun phrase: διδάσκαλος ἀνδρεῖος
RG Unit 7 random neuter noun phrase: σημεῖον ἀνδρεῖον
RG Unit 8 random feminine noun phrase: ἡδονὴ ἑτοίμη
RG Unit 8 random masculine noun phrase: σῖτος δεξιός
RG Unit 8 random neuter noun phrase: δικαστήριον χαλεπόν
RG Unit 9 random feminine noun phrase: ψῆφος μιαρά
RG Unit 9 random masculine noun phrase: θάνατος ἀμείνων
RG Unit 9 random neuter noun phrase: παιδίον τοιοῦτον
RG Unit 10 random feminine noun phrase: μηχανὴ μηδεμία
RG Unit 9&10 random masculine noun phrase: κύων ποῖος;
RG Unit 10 random neuter noun phrase: δῶρον ποῖον;
2. prepositional phrase: ὑπὸ ἔργον σοφόν
3. irregular comparative phrase: πόδα ὀλείζονα θυρῶν (inflected noun + comparative adjective + genitive of comparison)
4. simple finite phrase: ἱερὸν ἀπέφευγε(ν) (nominative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
5. simple imperative phrase: ὦ νόμε πορεύου! (vocative noun + imperative)
6. transitive phrase: βωμὸς οὐρανὸν ἐξευρίσκει. (nominative noun + accusative noun + finite verb-form, any mood)
7. indirect command phrase: σωτῆρα εἰσέρχεσθαι κώλευε (accusative noun + infinitive, present only + verb of command, indicative only)
8. masc. sing. appellative clause: ἱππεὺς ὃς ἦν
9. fem. sing. appellative clause: παρθένος ἣ ἐστιν

suggested exercises
• insert correctly inflected forms of ὁ, οὗτος, ἐκεῖνος, or ὅδε (or try πᾶς, μέγας, πολύς, and αὐτός ipse)
• add correctly inflected forms of ὤν, ἰών, or εἰδώς
• change singulars to plural and vice versa
• convert transitive phrases into passive expressions

RANDOM VERB-FORMS of important verbs (ἄγω, αἴρω, αἱρέω, ἀλλάττω, βάλλω, δίδωμι, δουλόω, ἐλευθερόω, ἐρωτάω, ἔχω, ἵημι, ἵστημι, λαμβάνω, λέγω, λείπω, λύω, νομίζω, παύω, πέμπω, ποιέω, πράττω, στέλλω, τίθημι, τιμάω, τρέπω, φαίνω, φέρω)
N.B. It may help to read present for "continuous aspect", aorist for "simple aspect" and perfect for "complete aspect".

8. finite form: 1st person singular active future indeterminate aspect optative of αἱρέω
9. participle: τιμάω in the simple aspect passive masculine accusative singular
10. infinitive: αἱρέω in the future complete aspect passive

suggested exercises
• change the voice of the form
• change the aspect of the form
• change singulars into plural and vice versa
• try dual forms

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