Section 12G English to Greek

Question 1

(used in conditions)

Answer 1

ἄν

Question 2

I wish that! would that!

Answer 2

εἴθε (+ opt.)

Question 3

forget (+ gen.)

Answer 3

ἐπιλανθάνομαι (ἐπιλαθ-) (+ gen.)

Question 4

recite, list

Answer 4

καταλέγω (κατειπ- )

Question 5

evidence, witness

Answer 5

μαρτυρία, ἡ

Question 6

mention

Answer 6

μνεία, ἡ

Question 7

remember

Answer 7

μνημονεύω

Question 8

see to it that (+ fut. indic.)

Answer 8

ὅπως (+ fut. indic.)

Question 9

poor man; (adj.) poor

Answer 9

πένης, πένητος, ὁ

Question 10

rich, wealthy

Answer 10

πλούσιος, α, ον

Question 11

be with, have intercourse with (+ dat).

Answer 11

συγγίγνομαι (συγγεν- ) (+ dat.)

Question 12

STRYMODOROS “I’m damned (may I perish) if I can remember …”

Answer 12

(Strymodorus’ memory lets him down) ΣΤΡ. ἀπολοίμην, εἰ μημονεύω —

Question 13

KOMIAS “You seem to be in some perplexity, Strymodoros.”

Answer 13

ΚΩ. δοκεῖς μοι, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε, εἰς ἀπορίαν τινὰ κταστῆναι.

Question 14

“Don’t cover up your perplexity, feeling ashamed in front of Euergides, but tell me what is perplexing you.”

Answer 14

μὴ οὖν ἐπικάλυπτε τὴν ἀπορίαν, αἰσχυνόμενος τὸν Εὐεργίδην, ἀλλὰ λέγε μοι ὃ ἀπορεῖς.

Question 15

STR. “I will tell you , Komias, what is perplexing me.”

Answer 15

ΣΤΡ. ἐγώ σοι ἐρῶ, ὦ Κωμία, ὃ ἀπορῶ.

Question 16

“Why did Apollodoros mention Lysias and Metenaira?”

Answer 16

διὰ τί μνείαν ἐποιήσατο ὁ Ἀπολλόδωρος τοῦ Λυσίου καὶ τῆς Μετανείρας;

Question 17

“For I don’t remember.”

Answer 17

οὐ γὰρ μνημονεύω ἔγωγε.

Question 18

“And, by Zeus, I would like to remember what the contestant says.”

Answer 18

βουλοίμην μεντἂν νὴ Δία μνημονεύειν ἃ λέγει ὁ ἀντίδικος.

Question 19

“Would that I could remember everything he says, and I’m damned if I can remember.”

Answer 19

εἴθε μνημονεύομαι πάνθ’ ἃ λέγει, καὶ ἀπολοίμην, εἰ μνημονεύω.

Question 20

“For how could anyone cast his vote justly, if he cannot remember the arguments?”

Answer 20

πῶς γὰρ ἂν δικαίως τιθεῖτό τις τὴν ψῆφον, μὴ μνημονεύσας τοὺς λόγους;

Question 21

KOM. “It it is difficult for the juror to judge the case if he can’t remember everything that the prosecutor says.”

Answer 21

ΚΩ. χαλεπὸν δή ἐστι τῷ δικαστῇ διακρίνειν τὴν δίκην, μὴ μνημονεύοντι πάνθ’ ἃ λέγει ὁ κατήγορος.

Question 22

“If you were a sophist, you would easily remember all the arguments, Strymodoros, as it seems, …

Answer 22

εἰ μέντοι σοφιστὴς γένοιο σύ, ῥᾳδίως ἂν μνημονεύσαις πάντας τοὺς λόγους, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε, ὡς ἔοικε, …

Question 23

… and you would not forget the things that have been said.”

Answer 23

… καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐπιλάθοιο τῶν λεχθέντων.

Question 24

“But, like a Hippias, you would remember everything, having heard it once.”

Answer 24

ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ Ἱππίας τις, ἅπαξ ἀκούσας, πάντα μνημονεύσαις ἄν.

Question 25

STR. “Like Hippias?” “Would that I were Hippias!”

Answer 25

ΣΤΡ. ὥσπερ Ἱπιίας; εἴθε Ἱππίας γενοίμην ἐγώ.

Question 26

KOM. “If you were Hippias now, you would be able to list all the archons from Solon.”

Answer 26

ΚΩ. εἰ νῦν Ἱππίας ἦσθα, οἷός τ’ ἂν ἦσθα καταλέγειν πάντας τοὺς ἀπὸ Σόλωνος ἄρχοντος.

Question 27

“For Hippias, having heard them once, used to remember fifty names.”

Answer 27

ὁ γὰρ Ἱππίας, ἅπαξ ἀκούσας, ἐμνημόνευε πεντήκοντα ὀνόματα.

Question 28

STR. “What skill!”

Answer 28

ΣΤΡ. ὢ τῆς τέχνης.

Question 29

Would that I could (if only I could) remember so much!”

Answer 29

εἴθε τοσαῦτα μνημονεύσαιμι.

Question 30

“But I am not clever by nature.”

Answer 30

ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ φύσει σοφὸς οὐκ εἰμί.

Question 31

“If all the sophists taught me, they would not be able to make me a sophist.”

Answer 31

εἰ πάντες οἱ σοφισταί με διδάσκοιεν, οὐκ ἂν οἷοί τ’ εἶεν σοφιστήν με ποιεῖν.

Question 32

“But if Hippias were here, how would he be teaching me, and what would he be saying?”

Answer 32

ἀλλ’ εἰ Ἱππίας ἡμῖν νῦν συνεγίγνετο, πῶς ἂν ἐδίδασκέ με, καὶ τί ἂν ἔλεγεν;

Question 33

“And how would I learn?”

Answer 33

καὶ πῶς ἂν ἐμάνθανον ἐγώ;

Question 34

KOM. “I wish I knew this, Strymodoros!”

Answer 34

ΚΩ. εἴθε ταῦτα εἰδείην, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε.

Question 35

“For if I knew that I would be rich now, and not a poor man and a juror.”

Answer 35

εἰ γὰρ ταῦτα ᾔδη ἐγώ, πλούσιος ἂν ἦ τὸ νῦν, καὶ οὐ πένης οὐδὲ δικαστής.

Question 36

STR. “O dear! For, like an old man, I forget everything I hear, of the laws and the arguments, and the evidence.”

Answer 36

ΣΤΡ. οἴμοι. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὥσπερ γέρων τίς, ἐπιλανθάνομαι πάνθ’ ἃ ἀκούω, τῶν τε νόμων καὶ τῶν λόγων καὶ τῶν μαρτυριῶν.

Question 37

“If anyone forgets so much, how could he judge the case and cast his vote?”

Answer 37

εἰ δέ τις τοσαῦτα ἐπιλάθοιτο, πῶς ἂν δικάσειε τὴν δίκην καὶ τὴν ψήφον θεῖτο ἄν;

Question 38

KOM. “I do not know, Strymodoros.”

Answer 38

ΚΩ. οὐκ οἶδ’ ἔγωγε, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε.

Question 39

“For he would never be a good juryman if he could not remember the things said by the prosecutor.”

Answer 39

οὐ γὰρ ἂν γένοιτό ποτε ἀγαθὸς δικαστής, εἰ μὴ μνημονεύσειε τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου λεχθέντα.

Question 40

“But see to it that you concentrate on the arguments and the laws and the evidence.”

Answer 40

ἀλλ’ ὅπως προθύμως προσέξεις τὸν νοῦν τοῖς λόγοις καὶ τοῖς νόμοις καὶ ταῖς μαρτυρίαις.

Question 41

“For by doing this the jurors cast their votes easily.”

Answer 41

τοῦτο γὰρ ποιοῦντες, ῥᾳδίως τὴν ψῆφον τίθενται οἱ δικασταί.

Question 42

STR. “May they perish, whoever are jurors and forget what the contestants say.”

Answer 42

ΣΤΡ. ἀπόλοιντο οἵτινες, δικασταὶ ὄντες, ἐπιλανθάνονται ἃ λέγουσιν οἱ ἀντίδικοι.

Question 43

(used in conditions)

Answer 43

ἄν

Question 44

I wish that! would that!

Answer 44

εἴθε (+ opt.)

Question 45

forget (+ gen.)

Answer 45

ἐπιλανθάνομαι (ἐπιλαθ-) (+ gen.)

Question 46

recite, list

Answer 46

καταλέγω (κατειπ- )

Question 47

evidence, witness

Answer 47

μαρτυρία, ἡ

Question 48

mention

Answer 48

μνεία, ἡ

Question 49

remember

Answer 49

μνημονεύω

Question 50

see to it that (+ fut. indic.)

Answer 50

ὅπως (+ fut. indic.)

Question 51

poor man; (adj.) poor

Answer 51

πένης, πένητος, ὁ

Question 52

rich, wealthy

Answer 52

πλούσιος, α, ον

Question 53

be with, have intercourse with (+ dat).

Answer 53

συγγίγνομαι (συγγεν- ) (+ dat.)