Section 9J Greek to English

Question 1

ἀπολύω

Answer 1

acquit, release

Question 2

ἐξαπατάω

Answer 2

deceive, trick

Question 3

ἐπίσταμαι (+ inf.)

Answer 3

know how to (+ inf.); understand

Question 4

μέλλω (+ fut. inf.); (+ present inf.)

Answer 4

be about to (+ fut. inf.); hesitate (+ pres. inf.)

Question 5

ὄδε, ἥδε, τόδε

Answer 5

this here

Question 6

ὅτι

Answer 6

because

Question 7

συγγνώμην ἔχω (+ dat.)

Answer 7

forgive, pardon (+ dat.)

Question 8

ὕστερος, α, ον

Answer 8

later, last (of two)

Question 9

ὕστερον

Answer 9

later, further

Question 10

ΦΙΛ. (weeping) εἰς κόρακας. ὡς οὐκ ἀγαθὴν νομίζω τὴν φακῆν.

Answer 10

PHIL. “Go to Hell. How bad (not good) I consider the lentil soup.”

Question 11

ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀπεδάκρυσα, τὴν φακῆν ταύτην κατεσθίων.

Answer 11

“For I burst into tears as I ate this lentil soup.”

Question 12

ΒΔΕΛ. οὔκουν ἀποφεύγει δῆτα ὁ κύων;

Answer 12

BDEL. “The dog is acquitted, then?”

Question 13

ΦΙΛ. χαλεπόν μοί ἐστιν εἰδέναι.

Answer 13

PHIL. “It is difficult for me to know.”

Question 14

ΒΔΕΛ. (pleads again). ἴθ’ ὦ πατρίδιον, ἐπὶ τὰ βελτίω τρέπου.

Answer 14

BDEL. “Come, Daddy dear, turn to better things.”

Question 15

(hands him a voting pebble) τήνδε λαβὼν τὴν φῆφον τῇ χειρί, θὲς ἐν τῷ ὑστέρῳ κάδῳ, …

Answer 15

“Tacking this voting-pebble in your hand, put it into the further voting urn …

Question 16

… καὶ ἀπόλυσον, ὦ πάτερ.

Answer 16

… and acquit him, Father.”

Question 17

ΦΙΛ. (his resolve returns). οὐ δῆτα.

Answer 17

PHIL. “No indeed.”

Question 18

κιθαρίζειν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι.

Answer 18

“For I do not know how to play the lyre.”

Question 19

ΒΔΕΛ. φέρε νύν σε τῇδε περιάγω.

Answer 19

BDEL. “Come now, let me take you round this way.”

Question 20

(περιάγων οὖν περίπατον πολύν, ἐπὶ τὸν ὕστερον κάδον πρῶτον βαδίζει.)

Answer 20

(So taking him on a big walkabout, he walks to the further voting urn first)

Question 21

ΦΙΛ. ὅδε ἐσθ’ ὁ πρότερος;

Answer 21

PHIL. “Is this the nearer?”

Question 22

ΒΔΕΛ. οὗτος. θὲς τὴν ψῆφον.

Answer 22

BDEL. “This is it.” “Place the voting-pebble.”

Question 23

ΦΙΛ. αὕτη ἡ ψῆφος ἐνταῦθ’ ἔνεστιν. (puts pebble in the urn).

Answer 23

PHIL. “The voting-pebble is in here.”

Question 24

ΒΔΕΛ. (πρὸς ἑαυτὸν λέγει)

Answer 24

BDEL. (he speaks to himself)

Question 25

εὖ γε. ἐξηπάτησα αὐτόν.

Answer 25

“Hurrah! I have deceived him.”

Question 26

ἀπέλυσε γὰρ Φιλοκλέων τὸν κύνα οὐχ ἐκών, τὴν ψῆφον θεὶς ἐν τῷ ὑστέρῳ κάδῳ.

Answer 26

“For Philokleon has acquitted the dog unwillingly, by putting the voting-pebble in the further voting-urn.”

Question 27

ΦΙΛ. πῶς ἆρ’ ἠγωνισάμεθα;

Answer 27

PHIL. “How then have we contested?”

Question 28

ΒΔΕΛ. δηλώσειν μέλλω.

Answer 28

BDEL. “I intend to reveal [it].”

Question 29

(looks in the urn, counts, and then declares) ἀπέφυγες, ὦ Λάβης.

Answer 29

“You have been acquitted, Labes.”

Question 30

(Philokleon faints) πάτερ, πάτερ. τί πάσχεις;

Answer 30

“Father, Father. What are you suffering?”

Question 31

οἴμοι, ποῦ ἐσθ’ ὕδωρ;

Answer 31

“Alas, where is water?”

Question 32

ἔπαιρε σεαυτόν, άνίστασο.

Answer 32

“Lift yourself up, stand up.”

Question 33

εἰπέ νυν ἐκεῖνο μοι, ὄντως ἀπέφυγεν;

Answer 33

PHIL. “Now tell me, has he really been acquitted?”

Question 34

ἀπολεῖς με τῷ λόγῳ.

Answer 34

“You will destroy me with the word.”

Question 35

ΒΔΕΛ. νὴ Δία.

Answer 35

BDEL. “[Yes] by Zeus.”

Question 36

ΦΙΛ. οὐδέν εἰμ’ ἄρα.

Answer 36

PHIL. “Then I am nothing.”

Question 37

ΒΔΕΛ. μὴ φρόντιζε, ὦ δαιμόνιε, ἀλλ’ ἀνίστασο.

Answer 37

BDEL. “Don’t worry, my good fellow, but stand up.”

Question 38

ΦΙΛ. ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ φεύγοντα ἀπέλυσα ἄνδρα τῇ ψήφῳ;

Answer 38

PHIL. “But did I acquit the man who was the defendant, with the voting-pebble?”

Question 39

τί πάσχω;

Answer 39

“What do I suffer?”

Question 40

τί ποτε πείσομαι;

Answer 40

“Whatever shall I suffer?”

Question 41

ἀλλ’ ὦ πολυτίμητοι θεοί, συγγνώμην μοι ἔχετε, ὅτι ἄκων αὐτὸ ἔδρασα, τὴν ψῆφον θεὶς καὶ οὐκ ἑλών.

Answer 41

“But, O much-honored gods, forgive me, because I did that by placing my voting-pebble involuntarily and not convicting.”

Question 42

ἀπολύω

Answer 42

acquit, release

Question 43

ἐξαπατάω

Answer 43

deceive, trick

Question 44

ἐπίσταμαι (+ inf.)

Answer 44

know how to (+ inf.); understand

Question 45

μέλλω (+ fut. inf.); (+present inf.)

Answer 45

be about to (+ fut. inf.); hesitate (+ pres. inf.)

Question 46

ὄδε, ἥδε, τόδε

Answer 46

this here

Question 47

ὅτι

Answer 47

because

Question 48

συγγνώμην ἔχω (+ dat.)

Answer 48

forgive, pardon (+ dat.)

Question 49

ὕστερος, α, ον

Answer 49

later, last (of two)

Question 50

ὕστερον

Answer 50

later, further