Fable 20: The Cat and the Mouse

Question 1

αἴλουρος, ὁ, ἡ

Answer 1

cat

Question 2

μύς, μυός, ὁ

Answer 2

mouse, rat

Question 3

ἥκω, ἥξω, ἧκα

Answer 3

arrive

Question 4

ἕκαστος, η, ον

Answer 4

each

Question 5

ἀναλίσκω, ἀναλύσω, ἀνήλωσα, ἀνήλωκα and ἀνάλωκα, ἀνηλώθην and ἀναλώθην

Answer 5

use up, spend

Question 6

παντάπασιν

Answer 6

utterly, entirely

Question 7

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

Answer 7

destroy”; (middle and 2nd perfect) perish

Question 8

δεῦρο

Answer 8

hither, here

Question 9

ἐξικνέομαι

Answer 9

reach, arrive (at a place)

Question 10

κάτειμι

Answer 10

go down

Question 11

• γιγνώσκω, γνώσομαι, ἔγνων, ἔγνωκα, ἔγνωσμαι, ἐγνώσθην

Answer 11

know

Question 12

ἐπίνοια, ἡ

Answer 12

thought; inventiveness

Question 13

σοφίζομαι

Answer 13

practice an art; play subtle tricks; devise cleverly

Question 14

πάσσαλος (Attic πάτταλος), ὁ

Answer 14

peg (esp. for hanging things on)

Question 15

ἀπαιωρέω

Answer 15

let hang down, suspend

Question 16

προσποιέομαι

Answer 16

pretend

Question 17

νεκρός, ὁ

Answer 17

corpse

Question 18

παρακύπτω

Answer 18

stoop sideways; stoop so as to see; peep out

Question 19

θύλαξ, θύλακος, ὁ

Answer 19

sack, empty bag

Question 20

• γίγνομαι, γενήσομαι, ἐγενόμην, γέγονα, γεγένημαι

Answer 20

become, be

Question 21

προσέρχομαι

Answer 21

approach

Question 22

• ἔρχομαι, ἐλεύσομαι (or εἶμι) ἦλθον, ἐλήλυθα

Answer 22

come, go

Question 23

ἔνιοι, ἔνιαι, ἔνια

Answer 23

some

Question 24

μοχθηρία, ἡ

Answer 24

wickedness

Question 25

πειράω

Answer 25

attempt, endeavor; (middle) try (to); make trial of (+ gen.)

Question 26

ἐξαπατάω

Answer 26

deceive

Question 27

ὑπόκρισις, εως, ἡ

Answer 27

reply; the playing of a part (on stage); outward show, hypocrisy