OCR GCSE Classical Greek · J292
What’s changed in the GCSE Classical Greek vocabulary list Exams from summer 2028
Compared with the list for exams up to summer 2027: 18 new words, 6 changed and 16 removed. The other 387 words are exactly the same.
- 18 new
- 6 changed
- 16 removed
- 387 unchanged
New to the list 18
- ἀδελφή, ἀδελφῆς, ἡsister
- ἀδελφός, ἀδελφοῦ, ὁbrother
- ἀσεβής, ἀσεβής, ἀσεβέςimpious
- ἐγγύς + genitive (or as adverb)near, nearby
- ἑορτή, ἑορτῆς, ἡfestival
- ἐπανέρχομαι, ἐπανῆλθονI return
- εὐσεβής, εὐσεβής, εὐσεβέςpious
- θεράπαινα, θεραπαίνης, ἡattendant, domestic slave
- θεράπων, θεράποντος, ὁattendant, domestic slave
- μηδέand not, nor, not even
- μηκέτιno longer
- οὐδέand not, nor, not even
- οὐκέτιno longer
- στρατόπεδον, στρατοπέδου, τόcamp
- τάχιστος, τάχιστη, τάχιστονvery quick, quickest
- χωρέωI go
- ὡς + present or aorist participleas, since, because, on the grounds that
- ὡς + future participlein order to
Changed 6
Different forms or a different meaning.
- δοῦναι (cf. δίδωμι)to give, to have given (aor infin) δοῦναι (cf. δίδωμι)to give, to have given (aorist infinitive)
- ἐγώ, ἐμοῦI, (acc etc) me ἐγώ, ἐμοῦI, me
- ἔρχομαι, εἶμι, ἦλθονI go, come ἔρχομαι, ἦλθονI go, come
- ἔφη (cf. φημί)he/she said (with direct speech) ἔφη, ἔφασανhe/she said, they said
- οἶδαI know (present, participle and infinitive only) οἶδαI know (present tense only, excluding imperatives, participle and infinitive)
- ὡς τάχισταas quickly (etc) as possible ὡς τάχισταas quickly as possible (or other superlative adverb)
No longer on the list 16
- ἄν[in conditional sentence, makes aorist verb mean ‘would have …’]
- βραδύς, βραδεῖα, βραδύslow
- ἐάνif
- εἰδέναι (cf. οἶδα)to know
- εἰδώς, εἰδυῖα, εἰδός (cf. οἶδα)knowing
- εἶμι (cf. ἔρχομαι)I shall go
- εὐρύς, εὐρεῖα, εὐρύwide, broad
- ἡδύς, ἡδεῖα, ἡδύpleasant, sweet
- ἰέναι (cf. εἶμι)to go
- ἵνα + subj or optin order that, in order to
- ἰών, ἰοῦσα, ἰόν (cf. εἶμι)going
- κτάομαι, κτήσομαι, ἐκτησάμηνI obtain, get
- πειράομαι, πειράσομαιI try
- ταχύς, ταχεῖα, ταχύfast, quick
- φημί, φήσω, ἔφηνI say
- χράομαι, χρήσομαι, ἐχρησάμην + datI use, treat
Where these lists come from
Both lists are OCR’s, from OCR’s GCSE Classical Greek planning and teaching page. This comparison is ours: we matched the two lists entry by entry.
- Exams from summer 2028: gcse_class_greek_dvl_rvl_v1.4.xlsx (OCR version 1.4)
- Exams up to summer 2027: gcse_class_greek_dvl_rvl_v1.5.xlsx (OCR version 1.5)
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Moving a class to the new list
On GCSE Greek, a teacher can copy a class onto the new list in a couple of clicks. Students keep their progress on the 387 words that haven’t changed, and the new words start showing up in their rounds straight away.