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The closest Greek equivalent to a Latin gerundive is one of the verbal adjectives ending in -τέος (formed on the aorist passive stem). Both ποιέω and πράττω – unlike ἄγω, as you note – are generally e …

The Greek proverb is very straightforward: ὤδινεν ὄρος, εἶτα μυν­ ἀπέτεκεν A mountain is in labor, then gives birth to a mouse. As your commentary notes, Horace transposed it into the future. The or …

It isn't dual; it's dative singular. The dative is a dative of respect and depends on the adjective ἄπειρος. Therefore, the phrase ἄπειρος...πλήθει means 'limitless in (with respect to) magnitude/exte …

Accusative of respect: 'He's old/an old man with respect to his hair(s)' – i.e., his hair is that of an old man. Draconis has alluded to this in the other answer, but it's worth making explicit that τ …

You're confusing the noun μέγεθος ('size,' 'magnitude') with the adjective μέγας ('great'). The verb ἀναδέχομαι means 'to take upon oneself' or 'to undertake.' The participle δυνάμενον, like ἀναλογοῦν …

I've long relied on the free Gentium typeface, which has a simply gorgeous, highly readable polytonic Greek font, with diacriticals that I've always found quite easy to distinguish, both on the printe …