Section 9I Greek to English

Question 1

αἱρέω (ἑλ- )

Answer 1

take, capture; convict

Question 2

αἰτέω

Answer 2

ask (for)

Question 3

ἀμφότεροι, αι, α

Answer 3

both

Question 4

ἀπολογία, ἡ

Answer 4

speech in one’s own defense

Question 5

ἄρχομαι (+ gen.)

Answer 5

begin (+ gen.); begin to (+ part. or inf.)

Question 6

αὖ

Answer 6

again, moreover

Question 7

ἐλπίζω

Answer 7

hope, expect (+ fut. inf.)

Question 8

θάνατος, ὁ

Answer 8

death

Question 9

καταδικάζω

Answer 9

condemn, convict (X in gen. / on charge of y in acc.)

Question 10

κλέπτης, ὁ

Answer 10

thief

Question 11

παιδίον, τό

Answer 11

child; slave

Question 12

παρά (+ gen.)

Answer 12

from (+ gen.)

Question 13

τυγχάνω (τυχ- )

Answer 13

hit, chance, happen upon, be subject to (+ gen.); happen to be, be actually (+ part.)

Question 14

ὑφαιρέομαι

Answer 14

steal, take for oneself by stealth

Question 15

(ὁ Βδελυκλέων, τῆς ἀπολογίας ἀρχόμενος, λέγει)

Answer 15

(Bdelykleon speaks, beginning the defense.)

Question 16

ΒΔΕΛ. χαλεπὸν μέν, ὧνδρες, ἐστὶν ὑπὲρ κυνὸς τοσαύτης διαβολῆς τυχόντος ἀποκρίνασθαι, λέξω δ’ ὅμως.

Answer 16

BDELYKLEON “It is difficult, gentlemen, to reply on behalf of a dog who has met with such a great slander, but none the less I shall speak.”

Question 17

γίγνώσκω γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν ὄντα καὶ διώκοντα τοὺς λύκους.

Answer 17

“For I know that he is good and chases wolves.”

Question 18

ΦΙΛ. (dissenting) κλέπτης μὲν οὖν οὗτος γ’ εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ καὶ ἄξιος θανάτου.

Answer 18

PHILOKLEON “No, rather this one seems to me to be a thief and worthy of death.”

Question 19

δεῖ οὖν με ἑλεῖν αὐτὸν κλέψαντα, ἑλόντα δ’ ἑτέραν αὖ δίκην δικάζειν.

Answer 19

“So I must convict him as a thief, and having convicted him, judge another case as well.”

Question 20

ΒΔΕΛ. μὰ Δί’, ἀλλ’ ἄριστός ἐστι πάντων τῶν νυνὶ κυνῶν, ἐπειδὴ οἷός τ’ ἐστὶ πολλὰ πρόβατα φυλάττειν.

Answer 20

BDEL. “By Zeus, but he is the best of all dogs now [alive], since he is able to guard many sheep.”

Question 21

ΦΙΛ. τί οὖν ὄφελος, εἰ τὸν τυρὸν ὑφαιρεῖται, ὑφελόμενος δὲ κατεσθίει;

Answer 21

PHIL. “So what is the use, if he steals the cheese and, having stolen it, eats it up.”

Question 22

ΒΔΕΛ. ὅ τι; φυλάττει γὰρ καὶ τὴν θύραν.

Answer 22

BDEL. “What use? For he also guards the door.”

Question 23

εἰ δ’ ὑφείλετο τόν τυρόν, συγγνώμην ἔχετε.

Answer 23

“But if he stole the cheese, forgive him.”

Question 24

κιθαρίζειν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπίσταται.

Answer 24

“For he does not know how to play the lyre.” [i.e. “He’s not refined.”]

Question 25

ἄκουσον, ὦ δαιμόνιε, τῶν μαρτύρων.

Answer 25

“Listen, my good fellow, to the witnesses.”

Question 26

ἀνάβηθι, τυρόκνηστι, καὶ λέξον μέγα.

Answer 26

“Come up, cheese-grater, and speak loudly.”

Question 27

σὺ γὰρ τὸν τυρὸν φυλάττουσα ἔτυχες.

Answer 27

“For you happened to be guarding the cheese.”

Question 28

(ανίσταται ἡ τυρόκνηστις)

Answer 28

(The cheese-grater comes up.)

Question 29

ἀπόκριναι σαφῶς· ἆρα κατέκνησας τὸν τυρὸν ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς κυσίν;

Answer 29

“Answer clearly; did you grate the cheese for both the dogs?”

Question 30

(bends his head towards the grater and pretends to listen) λέγει ὅτι πάντα κατέκνησεν ἀμφοτέροις.

Answer 30

(to the court) “She says that she grated all (of it) for both (of them).”

Question 31

ΦΙΛ. νὴ Δία, ἀλλὰ γιγνώσκω αὐτὴν ψευδομένην.

Answer 31

PHIL. “By Zeus, but I know she is lying.”

Question 32

ΒΔΕΛ (pleading) ἀλλ’ ὦ δαιμόνιε, οἴκτιρε τοὺς κακὰ πάσχοντας.

Answer 32

BDEL. “But, good fellow, pity those who suffer evil things.”

Question 33

οὗτος γὰρ ὁ Λάβης οὐδέποτε ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μένει, ἀλλὰ τὰ σιτία ζητῶν ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας ἐξέρχεται.

Answer 33

“For this Labes never stays in the house, but goes out of the house looking for food.”

Question 34

ὁ δ’ ἕτερος κύων τὴν οἰκίαν φυλάττει μόνον.

Answer 34

“But the other dog only guards the house.”

Question 35

ἐνθάδε γὰρ μένων ἐλπίζει τὰ σιτία ὑφαιρήσεσθαι παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων.

Answer 35

“For by staying here he hopes to steal the food from the others.”

Question 36

́καὶ ὑφελόμενος μηδέν, δάκνει.

Answer 36

“And when he steals nothing, he bites.”

Question 37

ΦΙΛ. (feels his resolve weakening) αἰβοῖ· τί κακόν πότ’ ἐστι τόδε;

Answer 37

PHIL. “Arghh! Whatever evil is this?”

Question 38

κακόν τι περιβαίνει με, καὶ ὁ λέγων με πείθει τοῖς λόγοις.

Answer 38

“An evil surrounds me, and the speaker persuades me with his words.”

Question 39

ΒΔΕΛ. (still pleading) ἰθ’ ἀντιβολῶ σε, οἰτίρατε αὐτόν, ὦ πάτερ, κακὰ παθόντα, καὶ ἀπολύσατε.

Answer 39

BDEL. “Come, I bet you, pity him, Father, who has suffered evil things, and acquit him.”

Question 40

ποῦ τὰ παιδία;

Answer 40

“Where are the children?”

Question 41

ἀναβαινετε, ὦ πονηρά, αἰτεῖτε καὶ ἀντιβολεῖτε δακρύοντα.

Answer 41

“Come up, wretched ones, ask and plead weeping.”

Question 42

ΦΙΛ. (exasperated) κατάβηθι, κατάβηθι, κατάβηθι, κατάβηθι.

Answer 42

PHIL. “Get down, get down, get down, get down.”

Question 43

ΒΔΕΛ. καταβήσομαι.

Answer 43

BDEL. “I shall get down.”

Question 44

καίτοι τὸ ‘κατάβηθι’ τοῦτο πολλοὺς δὴ πάνυ ἐξαπατᾷ.

Answer 44

“And yet, this ‘get down’ deceives many very much.”

Question 45

οἱ γὰρ δικασταὶ τὸν φεύγοντα καταβῆναι κελεύουσιν, εἶτα καταβάντος αὐτοῦ καταδικ́αζουσιν.

Answer 45

“For the jurors order the defendant to get down, then when he has got down, they find him guilty.”

Question 46

ἀτὰρ ὅμως καταβήσομαι.

Answer 46

“But none the less I shall get down.”

Question 47

αἱρέω (ἑλ- )

Answer 47

take, capture; convict

Question 48

αἰτέω

Answer 48

ask (for)

Question 49

ἀμφότεροι, αι, α

Answer 49

both

Question 50

ἀπολογία, ἡ

Answer 50

speech in one’s own defense

Question 51

ἄρχομαι (+ gen.)

Answer 51

begin (+ gen.); begin to (+ part. or inf.)

Question 52

αὖ

Answer 52

again, moreover

Question 53

ἐλπίζω

Answer 53

hope, expect (+ fut. inf.)

Question 54

θάνατος, ὁ

Answer 54

death

Question 55

καταδικάζω

Answer 55

condemn, convict (X in gen. / on charge of y in acc.)

Question 56

κλέπτης, ὁ

Answer 56

thief

Question 57

παιδίον, τό

Answer 57

child; slave

Question 58

παρά (+ gen.)

Answer 58

, from (+ gen.)

Question 59

τυγχάνω (τυχ- )

Answer 59

hit, chance, happen upon, be subject to (+ gen.); happen to be, be actually (+ part.)

Question 60

ὑφαιρέομαι

Answer 60

steal, take for oneself by stealth