Section 11C Greek to English

Question 1

αἱρέομαι (ἑλ- )

Answer 1

choose

Question 2

αἰσθάνομαι (αἰσθ- )

Answer 2

perceive, notice

Question 3

ἀρέσκω (+ dat.)

Answer 3

please (+ dat.)

Question 4

ἄρχομαι

Answer 4

be ruled

Question 5

ἄρχω (+ gen.)

Answer 5

begin; rule (+ gen.)

Question 6

γεῦμα, γεύματος, τό

Answer 6

taste, sample

Question 7

γεύομαι

Answer 7

(to) taste

Question 8

ἥδιστος, η, ον

Answer 8

most pleasant (superl. of ἡδύς)

Question 9

λίθος, ὁ

Answer 9

stone

Question 10

ὅδε

Answer 10

and he, but he

Question 11

οἱδέ

Answer 11

and they, but they

Question 12

ὀξύς, εῖα, ύ

Answer 12

sharp; bitter; shrill

Question 13

παρασκευή

Answer 13

preparation, equipping; force

Question 14

τρεῖς, τρία

Answer 14

three

Question 15

ΔΙΚ. ἀλλ’ ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος γὰρ Αμφίθεος ὁδί.

Answer 15

DIKAIOPOLIS “But here’s Amphitheos back from Sparta.”

Question 16

χαῖρ’, Ἀμφίθεε

Answer 16

“Greetings, Amphitheos.”

Question 17

(Δικαιοπόλεως δὲ ταῦτα εἰπόντος, ὁ Ἀμφίθεος τρέχει ἔτι.)

Answer 17

(Though Dikaiopolis has said this, Amphitheos keeps running.)

Question 18

ΑΜΦΙ. μήπω γε, Δικαιόπολι.

Answer 18

AMPHITHEOS “Not yet, Dikaiopolis.”

Question 19

δεῖ γάρ με φεύγοντ’ ἐκφυγεῖν Ἀχαρνέας.

Answer 19

“For I must flee and escape from the Akharnians.”

Question 20

ΔΙΚ. τί δ’ ἐστίν;

Answer 20

DIK. “What’s up?”

Question 21

ΑΜΦΙ (looks around anxiously) ἐγὼ μὲν δεῦρό σοι σπονδὰς φέρων ἔσπευδον.

Answer 21

AMP. “I was hurrying here bringing a treaty for you.”

Question 22

ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἔλαθον τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας.

Answer 22

“But I didn’t evade the Akharnians.”

Question 23

οἱ δὲ γέροντες ἐκεῖνοι, Μαραθωνομάχαι ὄντες, εὐθὺς αἰσθόμενοί με σπονδὰς φέροντα, ἐβόησαν πάντες, …

Answer 23

“Those old men, being fighters at the battle of Marathon, the moment they spotted me bringing the treaty, all shouted…

Question 24

“ὦ μιαρώτατε, σπονδὰς φέρεις, Λακεδαιμονίων τὴν ἡμετέραν τῆν ὀλεσάντων;”

Answer 24

“‘You foulest of creatures, are you bringing a treaty when the Spartans have destroyed our land?’”

Question 25

καὶ λίθους ἔλαβον.

Answer 25

“And they took up stones.”

Question 26

λίθους δὲ λαβόντων αὐτῶν, ἐγὼ ἔφευγον.

Answer 26

“And when they took up stones, I ran away.”

Question 27

οἱ δ’ ἐδίωκον καὶ ἐβόων.

Answer 27

“But they were following me and shouting.”

Question 28

ΔΙΚ. οἱ δ’ οὖν βοώντων.

Answer 28

DIK. “Let them shout, then.”

Question 29

ἀλλὰ τὰς σπονδὰς φέρεις;

Answer 29

“But are you bringing the treaty?”

Question 30

ΑΜΦΙ. ἔγωγέ φημι.

Answer 30

AMP. “I’ll say.”

Question 31

(produces some sample bottles from his pouch) τρία γε ταυτὶ γεύματα.

Answer 31

“Here are three samples.”

Question 32

(δίδωσιν αὐτῷ γεῦμά τι.)

Answer 32

(He gives him a taste.)

Question 33

αὗται μέν εἰσι πεντέτεις.

Answer 33

“This is for five years.”

Question 34

γεῦσαι λαβών.

Answer 34

“Take it and taste.”

Question 35

ΔΙΚ. (δόντος Ἀμφιθέου, γεύεται Δικαιόπολις.)

Answer 35

(After Amphitheos has given it to him, Dikaiopolis tastes it.)

Question 36

αἰβοῖ.

Answer 36

“Yuk!”

Question 37

ΑΜΦΙ. τί ἐστιν;

Answer 37

AMP. “What is it?”

Question 38

ΔΙΚ. οὐκ ἀρέσκουσί μοι ὅτι ὄζουσι παρασκευῆς νεῶν.

Answer 38

DIK. “It doesn’t please me because it smells of equipping of ships.”

Question 39

ΑΜΦΙ. (δοὺς ἄλλο τι γεῦμα)

Answer 39

AMP. (Giving him another sample.)

Question 40

σὺ δ’ ἀλλά, τασδὶ τὰς δεκέτεις, γεῦσαι λαβών.

Answer 40

“You take this ten-year treaty instead and taste it.”

Question 41

ΔΙΚ. ὄζουσι χαὖται πρεσβέων εἰς τὰς πόλεις ὀξύτατα.

Answer 41

DIK. “It smells too—very pungently of ambassadors to the cities.”

Question 42

ΑΜΦΙ. ἀλλ’ αὗταί εισι σπονδαὶ τριακοντούτεις κατὰ γῆν τε καὶ θάλατταν.

Answer 42

AMP. “But here is a thirty-year peace by both land and sea.”

Question 43

ΔΙΚ. (joyfully) ὦ Διονύσια, αὗται μὲν ὄζους’ ἀμβροσίας καὶ νέκταρος.

Answer 43

DIK. “O festival of Dionysos, this smells of ambrosia and nectar.”

Question 44

ταύτας ἥδιστ’ ἂν αἱροίμην, χαίρειν πολλὰ κελεύων τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας.

Answer 44

“I’ll choose this with the greatest pleasure, bidding a long farewell to the Akharnians.”

Question 45

ἐγὼ δέ, πολέμου καὶ κακῶν παυσάμενος, ἄξειν μέλλω εἰσιὼν τὰ κατ’ ἀγροὺς Διονύσια.

Answer 45

“Ceasing from war and its evils I intend to go in and celebrate the country Dionysia.”

Question 46

ΑΜΦΙ. (κατιδὼν προσιόντας τοὺς Άχαρνέας.)

Answer 46

AMP. (Seeing the Akharnians approaching)

Question 47

ἐγὼ δὲ φεύξομαί γε τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας.

Answer 47

“And I’ll run away from the Akharnians.”

Question 48

αἱρέομαι (ἑλ- )

Answer 48

choose

Question 49

αἰσθάνομαι (αἰσθ- )

Answer 49

perceive, notice

Question 50

ἀρέσκω (+ dat.)

Answer 50

please (+ dat.)

Question 51

ἄρχομαι

Answer 51

be ruled

Question 52

ἄρχω (+ gen.)

Answer 52

begin; rule (+ gen.)

Question 53

γεῦμα, γεύματος, τό

Answer 53

taste, sample

Question 54

γεύομαι

Answer 54

(to) taste

Question 55

ἥδιστος, η, ον

Answer 55

most pleasant (superl. of ἡδύς)

Question 56

λίθος, ὁ

Answer 56

stone

Question 57

ὅδε

Answer 57

and he, but he

Question 58

οἱδέ

Answer 58

and they, but they

Question 59

ὀξύς, εῖα, ύ

Answer 59

sharp; bitter; shrill

Question 60

παρασκευή

Answer 60

preparation, equipping; force

Question 61

τρεῖς, τρία

Answer 61

three