Section 5A Greek to English Flashcards
(82 cards)
1
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ἄιτιος, ᾱ, ον
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responsible (for), guilty (of)
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βαθύς
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deep
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βαρύς
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heavy
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βίος, ὁ
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life, means, livelihood
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γάμος, ὁ
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marriage
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διαλέγομαι
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converse
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δίκη, ἡ
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lawsuit; penalty; justice
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δίκην λαμβάνω (+ παρά + gen.)
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exact one’s due; punish (+ παρά + gen.)
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διότι
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because
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δυστυχής
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unlucky
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εἰσφέρω
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bring in, carry in
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ἡδύς
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sweet, pleasant
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ἵππος, ὁ
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horse
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ὅλος, η, ον
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whole of
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οὐδεπώ or οὔπω
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not yet
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ὀφείλω
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owe
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πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ
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father
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σχεδόν
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near, nearly; almost
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τότε
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then
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υἱος, ὁ
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son
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χρήματα, τά
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money
22
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(ὁ Στρεπσιάδης ὀλοφυρόμενος τυγχάνει διότι πολλὰ χρήματα ὀφείλει.)
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(Strepsiades happens to be lamenting because he owes a lot of money.)
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(ὁ γὰρ υἱός, ἱππομανὴς ὤν, πολλὰ χρήματα ἀεὶ λαμβάνει.)
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(For his son, being horse-mad, always takes much money.)
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(νῦν δὲ τυγχάνει βαθέως καθεύδων ὁ υἱός, ὕπνος δ’ οὐκ ἔχει τὸν πατέρα.)
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(Now the son happens to be sleeping deeply, but the father cannot sleep) (lit.: sleep does not hold the father)
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ΣΤΡΕΠΨΙΑΔΗΣ (yawning and groaning) ἰοὺ ἰού. ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ.
STREPSIADES Alas, alas! O king Zeus!
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τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν, ὅσον ἐστι·
The length of the nights — how great it is!
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καὶ οὐδέπω ἡμέρα γίγνεται.
Day is not yet coming.
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(turns round as he hears some loud snores) ἰδού, βαθέως καθεύδει ὁ υἱὸς καὶ οὐ παύεται καθεύδων.
See! My son is sleeping deeply and does not cease sleeping.
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(lies down again to try to sleep) οἴμοι τάλας.
Alas unhappy me!
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ἀλλ’ ὕπνος βαθὺς οὐδέπω μ’ ἔχει.
Deep sleep does not yet come to (lit. “hold”) me.
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ἄγρυπνος δ’ εἰμὶ ὁ δυστυχής.
I, unfortunate (as I am), am sleepless.
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ἄγρυπνον δ’ ὄντα με δάκνει τὰ χρέα βαρέα ὄντα.
While I am sleepless, my debts, which are heavy, worry me.
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χρήματα γὰρ πολλὰ ὀφείλω διὰ τὸν υἱὸν τουτονί, ...
For I owe much money because of this son of mine here,
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... ὀφείλοντα δέ με διώκουσιν οἱ χρῆσται ...
and owing [much money] my creditors pursue me,
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καὶ δίκην λαμβάνουσιν ἀεί.
and are always exacting their due.
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(again tries to sleep) ἀλλ’ ἔτι ἄγρυπνός εἰμι, καὶ ἀπορῶ.
But I am still sleepless and at a loss.
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καὶ χθὲς ἄγρυπνος ἦ ἐγώ, σχεδὸν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα.
And yesterday I was sleepless, for almost the whole night.
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ὀλίγον γάρ τινα χρόνον ἐκάθευδον ἐγώ
For I was sleeping for a short while.
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ἀλλ’ ὅτε ἐκάθευδον, τότε ἐν τοῖς ὀνείροις ἐδίωκόν με οἱ χρῆσται ...
But when I was sleeping, then my creditors kept on pursuing me in my dreams,
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... καὶ δίκην ἐλάμβανον διὰ τὸν ἐμὸν υἱόν
and kept on exacting their due because of my son.
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καὶ ἐν ἀπορίᾳ μ’ ὄντα οὐδεὶς ἔσῳζεν, ...
And while I was at a loss, nobody was saving me,
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... ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ μὲν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα τὰς δίκας ταύτας ἀεὶ ἔφευγον, ...
but for the whole night I was always escaping from these lawsuits,
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ὁ δ’ υἱὸς οὑτοσὶ χρήματα πολλὰ ἀεὶ ἐλάμβανεν, ἱππομανὴς ὤν.
and this son of mine kept taking lot of money because he was horse-mad.
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καὶ δὴ καὶ καθεύδων ὀνειροπολεῖ ὁ νεανίας ἵππους.
And moreover even when sleeping the young man dreams of horses.
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καὶ γὰρ ἔτι παῖς ὢν ὠνειροπόλει τοὺς ἵππους.
Yes, certainly, even when a boy he kept dreaming of horses.
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ὄμοι. τίς αἴτιος ἦν;
Alas! Who was responsible?
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αἰτία ἡ γυνή, εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι.
My wife [was] responsible, I know that well.
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ἐκείνη γὰρ ἀεὶ τὸν ὑιὸν ἐλάμβανε καὶ διελέγετο περὶ τῶν ἵππων.
For she (that one) always used to take her son and talk to him about horses.
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ὁ οὖν υἱὸς ἀεὶ περὶ ἵππων ἤκουε καὶ ἐμάνθανεν.
So her son always listened and learned about horses.
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(a loud snore is heard from his son.) σὺ δέ, ὤσπερ ἔχεις, βαθέως κάθευδε·
But you, just as you are, sleep deeply!
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τὰ γὰρ χρέα, εὖ οἶσθ’ ὅτι, εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν τὴν ἐμὴν τρέπεται, οἴμοι.
For the debts, as you well know, fall (lit. “turn”) on my head.
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οὐ γὰρ ἐπαυόμεθα οὐδέποτ’ ἐγώ τε καὶ ἡ γυνὴ περὶ τοῦ παιδὸς λοδοιρούμενοι·
Alas! We never stopped arguing about the boy, my wife and I:
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ἀεὶ γὰρ ἐδολοιφρούμεθα.
for we were always arguing.
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ἀλλ’ ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, διὰ τί τοὺς γάμους οὕτω πικροὺς ποιεῖς;
But, O king Zeus! Why do you make marriages so bitter?
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ἀεὶ γὰρ πικρὸν ποιεῖ τὸν ἐμὸν βίον ἡ γυνή.
For always my wife makes my life bitter.
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ἀλλ’ ὡς ἡδὺς ἦν ὁ ἄγροικος βίος.
But how sweet was the country life!
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ὁ δὲ γάμος ὡς πικρός.
(but) Marriage — how bitter!
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ἡ γὰρ γύνη ἡ ἐμὴ ἐξ ἄστεως οὗσα τυγχάνει ...
For my wife happens to be from the city,
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... καί, ἀστικὴ οὖσα πολλὴν τὴν δαπάνην εἰσέφερεν.
and being a city woman she started to bring in much expense.
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αὕτη δ’ ἡ δαπάνη τότ’ ἤδη με διέφθειρεν.
This expense already then was ruining me.
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καὶ ἔτι καὶ νῦν διαφθείρει.
It is still ruining me even now.
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ἄιτιος, ᾱ, ον
responsible (for), guilty (of)
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βαθύς
deep
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βαρύς
heavy
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βίος, ὁ
life, means, livelihood
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γάμος, ὁ
marriage
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διαλέγομαι
converse
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δίκη, ἡ
lawsuit; penalty; justice
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δίκην λαμβάνω (+ παρά + gen.)
exact one’s due; punish (+ παρά + gen.)
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διότι
because
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δυστυχής
unlucky
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εἰσφέρω
bring in, carry in
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ἡδύς
sweet, pleasant
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ἵππος, ὁ
horse
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ὅλος, η, ον
whole of
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οὐδεπώ or οὔπω
not yet
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ὀφείλω
one
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πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ
father
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σχεδόν
near, nearly; almost
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τότε
then
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υἱος, ὁ
son
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χρήματα, τά
money
