Odyssey 1

Question 1

ἀγρός

[ah-GROS]

Answer 1

white, bright, gleaming, swift

[a gross off-white]

Question 2

ἀέκητι

[AIEE-ki-tee]

Answer 2

against the will, in spite of

[a kitty purrs against her will]

Question 3

ἄκμων, ὁ

Answer 3

anvil

[Acme brand anvil]

Question 4

ἄκρον, τό

Answer 4

summit, crest of hill, cape, end

Question 5

ἀλλοδαπός

Answer 5

foreign, alien

[all the other guys]

Question 6

ἀνᾱισσω

[ah-NEE-ee-so-oh]

Answer 6

to start, spring up, dart up, rise quickly, rush

[anesthetic rushes quickly into my blood vessels]

Question 7

ἀναλῡω, ἀλλύω

[ah-NAH-lo-mega], [ah-EE-lee-oh]

Answer 7

to loose, to set free, to undo

[free the mega toad]

Question 8

ἄνειμι

[ah-NAY-ee-mee]

Answer 8

go up, rise, go inland, return

Question 9

ἀνῑάω

[ah-KNEE-ow]

Answer 9

to trouble, vex, become disgusted, annoyed

[knee is troubled by ow]

Question 10

ἀνορούω

Answer 10

to rise, start up, spring up

[arrow rose up into the sky]

Question 11

ἀοιδή, ἡ

Answer 11

song, dirge, singing, lament

Question 12

ἀοιδός, ὁ

Answer 12

minstrel, bard, singer

Question 13

ἀπαγορεύω

[(a)pah-go-ray-voh]

Answer 13

forbid, prohibit, dissuade, renounce

[pa forbids me to go to the rave]

Question 14

ἀποεῖπον, ἀπέειπον

[(a)POH-ai-pon, (a)PAY-ai-pon]

Answer 14

refuse, renounce, speak out

[refuse to read Poe’s poem]

Question 15

ἀποίχομαι

[ah-PEE-hoh-may]

Answer 15

to be gone or absent, hold aloof from, foresake

[Pujols gone]

Question 16

ἀποστρέφω

Answer 16

turn back, return, reverse course

[run away!]

Question 17

ἀποτίνω

Answer 17

to pay back, make requital; punish

[appletini punishes you]

Question 18

ἀσκελής

[(a)s-KEE-lee-s]

Answer 18

dried-up, withered, worn-out, unrelenting

[Aeschelus is all worn out]

Question 19

ἀτέμβω

[ah-TEN-voh]

Answer 19

to wrong, treat improperly, deprive

[Ten volts is wrong]

Question 20

ἀχέω

[ah-KI-hai-mo]

Answer 20

to cause to grieve, to grieve, to be troubled

[a keyhole causes trouble]

Question 21

δεύτατος

[THEF-ta-tohs]

Answer 21

last, the last

[the last theft]

Question 22

διαπρήσσω

[thee-ah-PREE-so]

Answer 22

make one’s way, traverse a space

[travel on your way via car or boat]

Question 23

διατρίβω

[THEE-ah-tree-voh]

Answer 23

crumble, delay, put off, hold back from

[the tree crumbles into dust]

Question 24

δύσμορος

[THEES-mor-ros]

Answer 24

doomed, ill-starred, unlucky

[these doomed morons]

Question 25

εἰλίπους [ai-e-LEE-pu-s]

Answer 25

shambling (oxen) [isle of poo covered in shambling oxen]

Question 26

ἐμπάζομαι [(em)-BAZ-oh-may]

Answer 26

care about, regard, concern oneself, pay attention to [I care if you embezzle me]

Question 27

ἐπιτολμάω [eh-PEE-toli-maoo]

Answer 27

steel oneself, resign oneself to do [epistle of steel]

Question 28

ἐριδαίνω [(e)REE-then-oh]

Answer 28

quarrel, contend, compete with [Harry & David quarrel]

Question 29

εὐδείελος [eu-VEE-ae-los]

Answer 29

bright, shining [islands] [bright and shiny Humvee]

Question 30

ἐφέπω

Answer 30

direct or drive (horses) deal with, meet (one's fate) [my epitaph is horse driving]

Question 31

ἐφίημι [eh-FEE-(ai)-mee]

Answer 31

send, launch, shoot, let fly, lay upon [feel me shoot that gun]

Question 32

ἠβαιός

Answer 32

little, small, space, distance, small amount of time [Scott Baio was popular for a little while]

Question 33

ἠμαθόεις [ee-MA-tho-a-es]

Answer 33

sandy, by the sandy shore [math of grains on sandy beach]

Question 34

ἰαὐω

Answer 34

lie, rest, pass the night [I am un well and must rest]

Question 35

καθάπτω [KATH-hap-toh]

Answer 35

to address, acost [cathader attacked or accosted]

Question 36

κατέρχομαι [KAT-ehr-ko-may]

Answer 36

to go down, descend, go towards the shore [cat goes down]

Question 37

κηρύσσω [KEE-ree-soh]

Answer 37

discharge duties of heralds, to summon [Kiri summoned me]

Question 38

κίθαρις, ἡ [KEE-tha-ree-s]

Answer 38

cithara, lyre [keith's lyre]

Question 39

κορώνη, ἡ [KOH-row-nee]

Answer 39

sea bird, sea cow; curved door handle [Corona sea bird]

Question 40

κρεμάννῡμι [KRAY-man-mee]

Answer 40

hang, suspend, hang up [hang up my crayons]

Question 41

κτεατίζω [k-TAY-ah-tee-zoh]

Answer 41

to get, gain, win; to make a farm [get and contain a T-cell]

Question 42

κῶας, τό

Answer 42

fleece used for bedding or sitting [compass made of fleece]

Question 43

λωίων [LOY-ee-on]

Answer 43

better, more profitable, more advisable [Lloyd Dobler is better than they say]

Question 44

μαῖα, ἡ [MAI-ah]

Answer 44

good mother, dame, gossip [Maya's mom]

Question 45

μεγαίρω [may-ge-YAR-row]

Answer 45

to be unwilling to give or allow, to grudge [Megarow grudge against messyjoes]

Question 46

μεθίημι [meh-THEE-me]

Answer 46

let go, release, relax, free, yield [meth free for 10 years]

Question 47

μνηστήρ, ὁ [min-EE-st-eer]

Answer 47

suitors [minister to the suitors]

Question 48

μολπή, ἡ [MOL-ee-pee]

Answer 48

sport, play, singing, dancing [mole peeing is not a sport]

Question 49

νεμεσίζομαι [NEH-meh-see-zoh-may]

Answer 49

feel blame, feel reproach, be in awe of [nemesis is to blame]

Question 50

νήποινος [KNEE-pee-noh-s]

Answer 50

unavenged, without compensation [vengeance for the pee on knee]

Question 51

νύμφη, ἡ [NIM-fee]

Answer 51

nymph, young woman, bride

Question 52

ὀλολύζω

Answer 52

shouts of women [ululation]

Question 53

ὀρχέομαι [or-HEE-aie-oh-mae]

Answer 53

dance [orgy dance]

Question 54

ὀρχηστύς, ἡ [o-HEE-sth-ees]

Answer 54

dancing, the dance [or he (Steve) dances]

Question 55

παρατίθημι [para-TEE-thee-me]

Answer 55

to set or place beside a person; to risk [when I fight I risk a pair of teeth]

Question 56

πάσσαλος, ὁ [PAS-ah-los]

Answer 56

Peg on which to hang something [Pass on the peg]

Question 57

πέδῑλα, τά [PEI-d-lah]

Answer 57

sandals [paid a lot for these sandals]

Question 58

περιναιετάω [PAIR-ee-nay-taow]

Answer 58

dwell round about, lie round about [Perry pre-natal house]

Question 59

περιπέλομαι [pair-e-PEL-lo-may-e]

Answer 59

to be round about, encircle [pillows all around me]

Question 60

περιχέω

Answer 60

shed or spread around, to cover [Perry covered the floor with sand]

Question 61

ποιπνύω

Answer 61

show activity, exert oneself, be busy [poet busy eating pie]

Question 62

πρίαμαι [(p)REE-ah-may]

Answer 62

to buy, acquire by purchase [Pria may buy it]

Question 63

προσπτύσσω [PROSP-tee-soh]

Answer 63

embrace, speak to, address [prose TESOL address]

Question 64

σκιάω / σκιάζω [SKEE-aow] / [SKEE-ah-zo-h]

Answer 64

throw shade over, bring into darkness, darken [ski in dark equals ow]

Question 65

σπόγγος, ὁ [SPON-gos]

Answer 65

sponge

Question 66

τέμω [TEM-mo]

Answer 66

to reach, touch, come upon, find [Temo found me]

Question 67

τίσις, ἡ [TEE-see-s]

Answer 67

repayment, retribution, vengeance [TV repayment]

Question 68

τιταίνω [tee-TEN-noh]

Answer 68

to bend, to pull, to exert pressure [can't bend titanium]

Question 69

τολυπεύω [TOL-ee-pay-voh]

Answer 69

to carry out, carry through [told you I could do it]

Question 70

τρητός [TREE-toh-os]

Answer 70

perforated, pierced with holes [three toes have holes]

Question 71

τροφός, ἡ [TRO-h-fos]

Answer 71

nurse [trauma nurse]

Question 72

τρύχω [t-REE-ho-h]

Answer 72

lay burden on, ruin, see one's work wasted [tree is ruined]

Question 73

ὑπέρβιος [(h)yu-PAIR-vee-ohs]

Answer 73

headstrong, arrogant, wanton [impervious]

Question 74

ὑποτίθημι [poh-TEE-thee-mee]

Answer 74

suggest, advise, give counsel [pull my teeth, dentist]

Question 75

φάρμακον, τό [FAR-mah-kon]

Answer 75

medicine, drug, poison

Question 76

φέριστος [(p)FAIR-ee-sto-s]

Answer 76

noblest, most distinguished, my friend [Fairies have the noblest toes]

Question 77

χατέω [CAT-tay-oh]

Answer 77

to be in need, to desire, to wish [Bob desires a cat's tail]