Fable 6: The Hen and the Swallow

Question 1

ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος, ὁ, ἡ

Answer 1

bird; (esp. in Attic) cock, rooster; (feminine) hen

Question 2

ὄφις, ὄφεως, ὁ

Answer 2

snake

Question 3

ῴόν, το (late form ὠόν)

Answer 3

egg

Question 4

• εὑρίσκω, εὑρήσω, ηὗρον or εὗρον, ηὕρηκα or εὕρηκα, εὕρημαι, εὑρέθην

Answer 4

find

Question 5

ἐπιμελῶς

Answer 5

carefully, attentively

Question 6

ἐκθερμαίνω, aorist ἐκθέρμανα

Answer 6

warm thoroughly.

Question 7

ἐκκολάπτω

Answer 7

erase, obliterate; peck a chick out of its shell, hatch

Question 8

χελιδών, όνος, ἡ

Answer 8

swallow

Question 9

θεάομαι, θεάσομαι, τεθέαμαι, ἐθεασάμην

Answer 9

gaze at, behold

Question 10

μάταιος, α, ον

Answer 10

vain, empty, idle; foolish

Question 11

ἀνατρέφω

Answer 11

bring up, rear, educate

Question 12

ὅσπερ, ἥπερ, ὅπερ

Answer 12

the very one who, the very one which (ὅς + intensifying -περ)

Question 13

ἄν

Answer 13

if (Attic form of ἐάν)

Question 14

• αὐξάνω αὐξήσω, ηὔξησα, ηὔξηκα, ηὔξημαι, ηὐξήθην

Answer 14

make (something) increase; grow (transitive)

Question 15

• ἄρχω, ἄρξω, ἦρξα, ἦρχα, ἦργμαι, ἤρχθην

Answer 15

rule (+ gen.); middle begin (+ gen.)

Question 16

ἀτιθάσευτος, ον

Answer 16

untamable, wild

Question 17

πονηρία, ἡ

Answer 17

wickedness

Question 18

κἂν

Answer 18

even if (= καὶ ἐάν)

Question 19

μάλιστα

Answer 19

certainly; to the highest degree (adv., superlative of μάλα)

Question 20

εὐεργετέω, perfect passive εὐεργέτημαι

Answer 20

do good to (someone), be kind