Fable 15: The Mosquito and the Lion

Question 1

 κώνωψ, κώνωπος, ὁ

Answer 1

gnat, mosquito

Question 2

δυνατός, ή, όν

Answer 2

strongy, mighty; powerful

Question 3

δύναμις, εως, ἡ

Answer 3

bodily strength; power, capacity

Question 4

ξύω

Answer 4

scratch, scrape

Question 5

ὄνυξ, ὄνυχος, ὁ

Answer 5

talon

Question 6

• δάκνω, δήξομαι, ἔδηξα or or ἔδακον, δέδηχα, δέδηγμαι, ἐδήχθην

Answer 6

bite

Question 7

ὀδοῦς, ὀδόντος, ὁ

Answer 7

tooth

Question 8

• μάχομαι, μαχοῦμαι, ἐμαχεσάμην, μεμάχημαι

Answer 8

fight

Question 9

λίαν

Answer 9

very, exceedingly (adv.)

Question 10

ὑπάρχω

Answer 10

begin; be already in existence; exist really, be (something) truly; belong to

Question 11

• ἐθέλω or θέλω, ἐθελήσω, ἠθέλησα, ἠθέληκα

Answer 11

wish, want

Question 12

• ἔρχομαι, ἐλεύσομαι (or εἶμι) ἦλθον, ἐλήλυθα

Answer 12

come, go

Question 13

πόλεμος, ὁ

Answer 13

war

Question 14

σαλπίζω, σαλπιῶ or σαλπίσω, ἐσάλπιγξα or ἐσάλπισα

Answer 14

sound the trumpet (σάλπιγξ = war trumpet)

Question 15

ἐμήγνυμι

Answer 15

fix in, plant in; bite, sting

Question 16

• πήγνυμι, πήξω, ἔπηξα, πέπηγα, ἐπάγην

Answer 16

fix, make fast.

Question 17

ῥίνη, ἡ

Answer 17

file, rasp

Question 18

ἄτριχος, ον

Answer 18

hairless

Question 19

πρόσωπον, τό

Answer 19

face (often plural for singular)

Question 20

καταλύω

Answer 20

destroy

Question 21

οὗ

Answer 21

where, when (gen. of ὅς)

Question 22

ἀγανακτέω; feel a violent irritation (physically)

Answer 22

be displeased, be distressed

Question 23

νικάω

Answer 23

conquer

Question 24

ἐπινίκιον, τό

Answer 24

victory song

Question 25

• ᾄδω, ᾄσομαι, ᾖσα, ᾖσμαι, ᾔσθην

Answer 25

sing

Question 26

ἀποπέτομαι, ἀποπετήσομαι, ἀπεπτάμην

Answer 26

fly off, fly away

Question 27

ἀράχνη, ἡ

Answer 27

spider

Question 28

δεσμός, ὁ

Answer 28

band, bond, halter, cable

Question 29

ἐμπλέκω

Answer 29

entangle

Question 30

• πλέκω, ἔπλεξα, πέπλεγμαι, ἐπλέχθην or -επλάκην

Answer 30

weave, braid

Question 31

• ἐσθίω, ἔδομαι, ἔφαγον, δἐδήδοκα

Answer 31

eat

Question 32

ἀποδύρομαι

Answer 32

lament bitterly

Question 33

μέγιστος, η, ον

Answer 33

biggest (superlative of μέγας)

Question 34

πολεμέω

Answer 34

fight, do battle with

Question 35

εὐτελής, ές

Answer 35

cheap; paltry, worthless

Question 36

• ἀπόλλυμι, ἀπολῶ, ἀπώλεσα or ἀπωλόμην, ἀπολώλεκα or ἀπόλωλα

Answer 36

destroy; (middle and 2nd perfect) perish

Question 37

καταβάλλω

Answer 37

overthrow

Question 38

• βάλλω, βαλῶ, ἔβαλον, βέβληκα, βέβλημαι, ἐβλήθην

Answer 38

throw; pelt

Question 39

μεγάς, μεγάλη, μέγα, masc. sing. gen. μεγάλου

Answer 39

great