Medea 500-750 Vocab

Question 1

φρουδη

Answer 1

Is gone

Question 2

ουκ ευορκος

Answer 2

You have not kept your oath

Question 3

κεχρωσμεθα

Answer 3

I was often touched

Question 4

κοινωσμαι

Answer 4

I will share my thoughts

Question 5

ταλαινας Πελιαδας

Answer 5

To the wretched daughters of Peleus

Question 6

ούς δε μ’ ουκ εχρην κακως δραν, σοι χαριν φερουσα πολεμιους εχω

Answer 6

By my services to you I have made foes of those whom I ought not to have harmed

Question 7

τοιγαρ

Answer 7

That, doubtless

Question 8

αντι τωνδε

Answer 8

In return for these favours

Question 9

εκβεβλημενη

Answer 9

Sent into exile

Question 10

πτωχους

Answer 10

Like beggars

Question 11

ωπασας

Answer 11

When you gave

Question 12

κιβδηλος

Answer 12

Counterfeit

Question 13

ανδρων δ’ ότω χρη ον κακον διειδεναι ουδεις χαρακτηρ εμπεφυκε σωματι

Answer 13

Is there no mark in the body by which one could identify evil men

Question 14

δυσιατος

Answer 14

Hard to heal

Question 15

κεδνον οιακοστροφον

Answer 15

Like the good helmsman

Question 16

την σην στομαργον…γλωσσαλγιαν

Answer 16

Your incessant tongue blather

Question 17

ακροισι λαιθους κρασπεδοις

Answer 17

By using just the very fringes of the sail

Question 18

πυργοις

Answer 18

You raise up/exaggerate

Question 19

ναυλκηριας

Answer 19

The saviour of my expedition

Question 20

λεπτος

Answer 20

Subtle

Question 21

αφυκτοις

Answer 21

Inescapable

Question 22

ωνησας

Answer 22

You did help me

Question 23

μειζω…ειληφας η δεδωκας

Answer 23

You got more than you gave

Question 24

μη προς ισχυος χαριν

Answer 24

That does not give free rein to force

Question 25

ησθοντ’

Answer 25

Have learned

Question 26

γης επ’ εσχατοις όροισιν ωκεις

Answer 26

If you lived at the world’s edge

Question 27

‘πισημος

Answer 27

Conspicuous

Question 28

άμιλλον

Answer 28

Contest

Question 29

αλλ’ εχ’ ήσυχος

Answer 29

No, hold your peace!

Question 30

εφελκων

Answer 30

Bringing with me

Question 31

εχθαιρων

Answer 31

Weary

Question 32

καινης

Answer 32

New

Question 33

εις άμιλλαν πολυτεκνον σπουδην εχων

Answer 33

Setting my heart on a competition to beget a multitude of children

Question 34

μεμφομαι

Answer 34

I (don’t) complain

Question 35

σπανοζοιμεσθα

Answer 35

Be in want

Question 36

πενητα

Answer 36

Penniless

Question 37

σπειρας

Answer 37

To beget

Question 38

ες ταυτο θειην

Answer 38

In the same esteem

Question 39

ξυναρτησας γενος ευδαιμονοιην

Answer 39

So that by drawing the family into one I might prosper

Question 40

λυει

Answer 40

It is advantageous

Question 41

ες τοσουτον ήκεθ’

Answer 41

You have arrived at such a point

Question 42

πλειστην ζημιαν οφλισκανει

Answer 42

Incurs the greatest punishment

Question 43

αυχων

Answer 43

Confident

Question 44

ευ περιστελειν

Answer 44

Cleverly cloak

Question 45

πανουργειν

Answer 45

He is wicked

Question 46

ευσχημων γενη

Answer 46

Put on a seemly facade

Question 47

πεισαντα

Answer 47

You would have gained my consent

Question 48

καλώς…ύπηρετεις

Answer 48

Fine support

Question 49

ου τουτο σ’ ειχεν

Answer 49

This is not what was on your mind

Question 50

προς γερας

Answer 50

In later years

Question 51

ουκ ευδοξον εξεβαινε σοι

Answer 51

Would turn out, as you saw it, of insufficient status

Question 52

όμοσπορους

Answer 52

Brothers

Question 53

ερυμα

Answer 53

A bulwark

Question 54

μη μοι γενοιτο λυπρος ευδαιμων βιος

Answer 54

May I never get a prosperous life in that is painful

Question 55

αποστροφη

Answer 55

Refuge

Question 56

είλου

Answer 56

You yourself chose that

Question 57

ανοσιους

Answer 57

Unholy

Question 58

αρας

Answer 58

Curses

Question 59

κρινουμαι

Answer 59

I shall not dispute

Question 60

προσωφελημα χρηματων εμων

Answer 60

Some assurance afforded by my wealth

Question 61

αφθονω

Answer 61

Unstinting

Question 62

συμβολ’

Answer 62

Tokens

Question 63

ονησιν

Answer 63

Benefit

Question 64

ουκ αρεσκει

Answer 64

You refuse

Question 65

αυθαδια φιλους απωθη

Answer 65

Obstinately rebuff your friends

Question 66

αλγυνη

Answer 66

You will be pained

Question 67

χρονιζων

Answer 67

Lingering

Question 68

αίρη

Answer 68

You are seized

Question 69

νυμφευ’

Answer 69

The bride groom

Question 70

συν θεω δ’ ειρησεται

Answer 70

This will prove to be prophetic

Question 71

ώστε θρηνεισθαι γαμον

Answer 71

Such a marriage as to cause you to lament

Question 72

ύπερ μεν αγαν

Answer 72

In very great excess

Question 73

αφυκτον οιστον

Answer 73

Inescapable arrow

Question 74

ίμερω χρισας ‘

Answer 74

Having anointed it with desire

Question 75

στεργοι δε με σωφροσυνα

Answer 75

May moderation attend me

Question 76

αμφιλογους

Answer 76

Quarrelsome

Question 77

οξυρων κρινοι λεχη γυναικων

Answer 77

Determine with keen intelligence the liaisons of women

Question 78

δυσπερατον

Answer 78

Hard to live through

Question 79

δαμειην

Answer 79

May I be brought low

Question 80

άμεραν τανδ’ εξανυνασα

Answer 80

Bringing my life’s daylight to an end

Question 81

μοχθων

Answer 81

Of troubles

Question 82

αχαριστος

Answer 82

Any ungrateful man

Question 83

καθαραν ανοιξαντα κληδα φρενων

Answer 83

Not I open yo the doors of a pure mind

Question 84

επιστρωφα

Answer 84

To be visiting

Question 85

γης…πεδον

Answer 85

The soil of this land

Question 86

χρηστηριον

Answer 86

The oracle

Question 87

ομφαλον γης θεσπιδων

Answer 87

The earth’s prophetic centre

Question 88

σπερμ’

Answer 88

Offspring

Question 89

ουκ εσμεν ευνης αζυηες γαμηλιου

Answer 89

I am not without a wife to share my bed

Question 90

συμβαλειν

Answer 90

To understand

Question 91

προυχοντα

Answer 91

The projecting

Question 92

ασκου

Answer 92

Of the wineskin

Question 93

μαντευμα

Answer 93

The response

Question 94

τριβων

Answer 94

Experienced in

Question 95

δορυκενων

Answer 95

Of my allies

Question 96

ομμα χρως τε συντετηχ’

Answer 96

But why is your face dissolved and in tears

Question 97

εχθαιρων

Answer 97

Did he grow tired

Question 98

ανδρων τυραννων κηδος ηρασθη λαβειν

Answer 98

His passion was to marry a king’s daughter

Question 99

συγγνωστα μενταε’

Answer 99

Then it is truly understandable

Question 100

ουδ’ ταυτ’ επηνεσα

Answer 100

I don’t approve of that either

Question 101

καρτερειν

Answer 101

To ensure it

Question 102

αντομαι

Answer 102

I beg you

Question 103

ίκεσια τε γιγνομαι

Answer 103

I make myself your suppliant

Question 104

εφεστιον

Answer 104

As a suppliant

Question 105

τελεσφορος

Answer 105

Be brought to fulfilment

Question 106

παιδων γονας σπειραι σε θησω

Answer 106

I will cause you to beget children

Question 107

επαγγελλη γονας

Answer 107

You promise I will beget

Question 108

φρουδος ειμι πας

Answer 108

I am utterly undone

Question 109

προξενειν

Answer 109

To act as your protector

Question 110

προσημαινω

Answer 110

I shall tell you in advance

Question 111

ασυλος

Answer 111

Safely

Question 112

σε μη μεθω τινι

Answer 112

I shall not give you up to anyone

Question 113

αναιτιος

Answer 113

Blameless

Question 114

μων ου πεποιθας

Answer 114

Do you really don’t believe me

Question 115

ζυγεις

Answer 115

If you are bound

Question 116

ανωμοτος

Answer 116

Have not sworn

Question 117

καπικηρυκευμασιν ταχ’ αν πιθοιο

Answer 117

You would perhaps heed their heralded commands

Question 118

ασθενη

Answer 118

Weak

Question 119

προμηθιαν

Answer 119

Prudence

Question 120

ουκ αφισταμαι

Answer 120

I don’t object

Question 121

σκηψιν

Answer 121

Excuse

Question 122

το σον τ’αραρε μαλλον

Answer 122

Your own case is more secure

Question 123

εξηγου θεους

Answer 123

Dictate the gods

Question 124

τούμου θεων τε συντιθεις άπαν γενος

Answer 124

By the whole race of gods, counting them altogether