Section 9E Greek to English

Question 1

ἀμείνων, ἄμεινον (ἀμεινον- )

Answer 1

better

Question 2

ἀποτρέχω (ἀπορδραμ- )

Answer 2

run away

Question 3

ἐγκλείω

Answer 3

shut in, lock in

Question 4

ἐκφεύγω (ἐκφυγ- )

Answer 4

escape

Question 5

ἐξάγω (ἐξαγαγ- )

Answer 5

lead out, bring out

Question 6

ἡμίονος, ὁ

Answer 6

mule

Question 7

μηκέτι

Answer 7

no longer

Question 8

μιαρός, ᾱ́, όν

Answer 8

foul, polluted

Question 9

ὅμοιος, ᾱ, ον (+ dat.)

Answer 9

similar to (+ dat.)

Question 10

παρέχω (παρασχ- )

Answer 10

give to, provide

Question 11

πρᾱ́γματα παρέχω

Answer 11

cause trouble

Question 12

πωλέω

Answer 12

sell

Question 13

στένω

Answer 13

groan

Question 14

χράομαι (+ dat.)

Answer 14

use, employ (+ dat.)

Question 15

ΦΙΛΟΚΛΕΟΝ ἀλλ’ ἄνοιγε τὴν θύραν.

Answer 15

PHILOKLEON “But open the door.”

Question 16

BDELYKLEON μὰ τὸν Ποσειδῶ, πάτερ, οὐδέποτέ γε.

Answer 16

BDELYKLEON “By Poseidon, father, never.”

Question 17

ΦΙΛ. ἀλλ’ ἔστι νουμηνία τήμερον.

Answer 17

PHIL. “But it is the first day of the month today.”

Question 18

ΒΔΕΛ. ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος μέγα τι κακὸν παρασκευάζεται, ὡς ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ.

Answer 18

BDEL. “This man is preparing a great mischief, it seems to me, at any rate.”

Question 19

τί σοι δοκεὶ, Ξανθία;

Answer 19

“What do you think, Xanthias?”

Question 20

ΞΑΝΘ. καὶ ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ.

Answer 20

XANTHIAS “It seems so to me too.”

Question 21

ΦΙΛ. (overhears) μὰ τὸν Δία οὐ δῆτα, ἀλλ’ ἔξειμι, …

Answer 21

PHIL. “By Zeus, not at all, but I am coming out …

Question 22

… ἐπεὶ τὸν ἡμίονον ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ πωλεῖν βούλομαι αὐτοῖς τοῖς κανθηλίοις.

Answer 22

… since I want to sell the mule in the market place, pack-saddle and all.”

Question 23

ΒΔΕΛ. πωλεῖν βούλῃ τὸν ἡμίονον αὐτοῖς τοῖς κανθηλίοις;

Answer 23

BDEL. “You want to sell the mule, pack-saddle and all?”

Question 24

ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τοῦτο ἂν δρᾶν δυναίμην.

Answer 24

“But I could do this.”

Question 25

ΦΙΛ. ἐγὼ δὲ τοῦτο ἂν δυναίμην ἄμεινον ἢ σύ.

Answer 25

PHIL. “But I could do this better than you.”

Question 26

ΒΔΕΛ. οὐ μὰ τὸν Δία, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ σοῦ ἄμεινον.

Answer 26

BDEL. “No, by Zeus, but I [could do it] better than you.”

Question 27

ΦΙΛ. ἀλλὰ εἰσιὼν τὸν ἡμίονον ἔξαγε.

Answer 27

PHIL. “Well, go in and lead out the mule.”

Question 28

ΒΔΕΛ. (the mule is led out of the courtyard) ἀλλὰ τί παθῶν στενεῖς, ἡμίονε;

Answer 28

BDEL. “But suffering what are you groaning, mule?”

Question 29

ἆρα ὅτι τήμερον πωλήσομέν σε;

Answer 29

“Is it because today we are going to sell you?”

Question 30

ἀλλὰ μὴ στένε μηκέτι, ἡμίονε.

Answer 30

“But don’t groan any longer, mule.”

Question 31

τί δὲ τουτὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα;

Answer 31

“What is this affair?”

Question 32

τί στένεις, εἰ μὴ φέρεις Ὀδυσσέα τινά;

Answer 32

“Why are you groaning, if you are not carrying an Odysseus?”

Question 33

ΣΩΣΙΑΣ (looks under the mule) ἀλλὰ ναὶ μὰ Δία φέρει κάτω γε τουτονί τινα.

Answer 33

SOSIAS “But by Zeus it is carrying this certain someone underneath, at any rate.”

Question 34

ΒΔΕΛ. τίνα φέρει ὁ ἡμίονος;

Answer 34

BDEL. “Who is the mule carrying?”

Question 35

τίς εἶ ποτ’, ὦ ’νθρωπε;

Answer 35

“Who are you, fellow?”

Question 36

ΦΙΛ. Οὖτις νὴ Δία.

Answer 36

PHIL. “Nobody, by Zeus.”

Question 37

ΒΔΕΛ. Οὖτις σύ;

Answer 37

BDEL. “You, nobody?”

Question 38

ποδαπὸς εἶ;

Answer 38

“From which country are you?”

Question 39

ΦΙΛ. Ἰθακήσιος, ὁ τοῦ Ἀποδραιππίδου.

Answer 39

PHIL. “An Ithakan, the son of runaway horse.”

Question 40

ΒΔΕΛ. (to Sosias) ὕφελκε αὐτόν.

Answer 40

BDEL. “Drag him from beneath.”

Question 41

(looks at Philokleon with disgust) ὦ μιαρώτατος.

Answer 41

“O most foul man.”

Question 42

γιγνώσκω γάρ σε πάντων πονηρότατον ὄντα.

Answer 42

“I know you are the most wicked of all men.”

Question 43

τῷ γὰρ Ὀδυσσεῖ δὴ ὁμοιότατός ἐστιν ὁ πατήρ, ὡς ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ.

Answer 43

“For my father is most like Odysseus, as it seems to me at any rate.”

Question 44

ἀλλ’ ὦ πάτερ, σπουδῇ πάσῃ ὤθει τὸν ἡμίονον καὶ σεαυτὸν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν.

Answer 44

“But, Father, push the mule and yourself into the house with all urgency.”

Question 45

(points to a pile of stones) σύ δέ, Σωσία, ὤθει ταῖς χερσὶ πολλοὺς τῶν λίθων πρὸς τὴν θύραν.

Answer 45

“You then, Sosias, push away many of the stones towards the door with your hands.”

Question 46

ΣΩΣΙΑΣ (busies himself with the task. Suddenly ... ) οἴμοι τάλας.

Answer 46

SOS. “Alas, poor me!”

Question 47

τί τοῦτο;

Answer 47

“What is this?”

Question 48

πόθεν ποτ’ ἐνέπεσέ μοι τὸ βώλιον;

Answer 48

“From wherever did the clod of earth fall on me?”

Question 49

ΞΑΝΘ. (points to the roof) ἰδού, ὦ δέσποτα.

Answer 49

XAN. “Look, master!”

Question 50

ὁ ἀνὴρ στρουθὸς γίγνεται.

Answer 50

“The man is becoming a sparrow.”

Question 51

ΒΔΕΛ. οἴμοι κακοδαίμων.

Answer 51

BDEL. “Alas, wretched me!”

Question 52

οὐ γάρ με λανθάνει ὁ πατὴρ στρουθὸς γιγνόμενος.

Answer 52

For it does not escape my notice that my father is becoming a sparrow.”

Question 53

ἀλλὰ φθήσεται ἡμᾶς ἐκφυγών.

Answer 53

“But he will anticipate us by escaping.”

Question 54

ποῦ ποῦ ἐστί μοι τὸ δίκτυον;

Answer 54

“Where, where is my net?”

Question 55

σοῦ σοῦ, πάλιν σοῦ.

Answer 55

“Shoo, shoo, shoo back!”

Question 56

(τῷ δικτύῳ διώκει τὸν πάτερα)

Answer 56

(He pursues his father with the net.)

Question 57

ΣΩΣΙΑΣ (with relief) ἄγε δη.

Answer 57

SOS. “Come now.”

Question 58

ἐπειδὴ τουτονὶ μὲν ἐνεκλείσαμεν, ...

Answer 58

“Since we have shut this one here in, ...

Question 59

... ἐγκλείσασι δ’ ἡμῖν καὶ φύλαξιν οὖσι πράγματα οὐκ αὖθις παρέξει ὁ γέρων ...

Answer 59

... and the old man will not again give trouble to us to us who have shut him in and are guarding him, ...

Question 60

... οὐδὲ λήσει ἡμᾶς ἀπορδαμών, ...

Answer 60

... nor will he escape our notice by running away, ...

Question 61

... τί οὐ καθεύδομεν ὀλίγον χρόνον;

Answer 61

... why don’t we sleep for a little while?”

Question 62

ἀμείνων, ἄμεινον (ἀμεινον- )

Answer 62

better

Question 63

ἀποτρέχω (ἀπορδραμ- )

Answer 63

run away

Question 64

ἐγκλείω

Answer 64

shut in, lock in

Question 65

ἐκφεύγω (ἐκφυγ- )

Answer 65

escape

Question 66

ἐξάγω (ἐξαγαγ- )

Answer 66

lead out, bring out

Question 67

ἡμίονος, ὁ

Answer 67

mule

Question 68

μηκέτι

Answer 68

no longer

Question 69

μιαρός, ᾱ́, όν

Answer 69

foul, polluted

Question 70

ὅμοιος, ᾱ, ον (+ dat.)

Answer 70

similar to (+ dat.)

Question 71

παρέχω (παρασχ- )

Answer 71

give to, provide

Question 72

πρᾱ́γματα παρέχω

Answer 72

cause trouble

Question 73

πωλέω

Answer 73

sell

Question 74

στένω

Answer 74

groan

Question 75

χράομαι (+ dat.)

Answer 75

use, employ (+ dat.)