- ἀβακίσκοι (abakiskoi) – small stones for inlaying (in mosaic work; diminutive of ἄβαξ)
- ἀπειλῆς (apeilēs) – of boastful promises, threats
- βάσανοι (basanoi) – touchstones; tests, trials of genuineness; inquiries by torture
- βιβλίοις (bibliois) – to/for/by/with strips of papyrus (βύβλος); documents; books; scriptures
- γεννήσῃ (gennēsēi) – you will produce from yourself, create; you will be begotten, produced, engendered
- δρόμον (dromon) – course, race; running, speed, quick movement; foot-race; racecourse
- ἔθνος (ethnos) – nation, people, class, caste, tribe; (later, in pl.) “Gentiles”
- ἐκ μανίης (ek maniēs) – (resulting) from madness; enthusiasm, inspired frenzy; passion, mad desire for
- Ἑκάτη (Hekatē) – Hecate (literally, “she who works her will”)
- ἡ ἀζῆρις (hē azēris) – the chariot-pole
- ἡ δίαιτα (hē diaita) – the way of living, mode of life; dwelling, abode; regimen; discussion, investigation
- Ἰνδός (Indos) – Indian; the river Indus
- κάνναβις (kannabis) – hemp, cannabis (Herodotus 4.74-75)
- λεπίδες (lepides) – layers, shells, scales, flakes, plates
- ὄλεθρος (olethros) – ruin, destruction, death; pest, plague; seduction
- παραδοθῆναι (paradothēnai) – to be given over, handed over, transmitted; to be granted, bestowed, handed down
- παρακομιδή (parakomidē) – transportation, conveyance, passage, transit