Medea 500-750 Vocab Flashcards
φρουδη
Is gone
ουκ ευορκος
You have not kept your oath
κεχρωσμεθα
I was often touched
κοινωσμαι
I will share my thoughts
ταλαινας Πελιαδας
To the wretched daughters of Peleus
ούς δε μ’ ουκ εχρην κακως δραν, σοι χαριν φερουσα πολεμιους εχω
By my services to you I have made foes of those whom I ought not to have harmed
τοιγαρ
That, doubtless
αντι τωνδε
In return for these favours
εκβεβλημενη
Sent into exile
πτωχους
Like beggars
ωπασας
When you gave
κιβδηλος
Counterfeit
ανδρων δ’ ότω χρη ον κακον διειδεναι ουδεις χαρακτηρ εμπεφυκε σωματι
Is there no mark in the body by which one could identify evil men
δυσιατος
Hard to heal
κεδνον οιακοστροφον
Like the good helmsman
την σην στομαργον…γλωσσαλγιαν
Your incessant tongue blather
ακροισι λαιθους κρασπεδοις
By using just the very fringes of the sail
πυργοις
You raise up/exaggerate
ναυλκηριας
The saviour of my expedition
λεπτος
Subtle
αφυκτοις
Inescapable
ωνησας
You did help me
μειζω…ειληφας η δεδωκας
You got more than you gave
μη προς ισχυος χαριν
That does not give free rein to force
ησθοντ’
Have learned
γης επ’ εσχατοις όροισιν ωκεις
If you lived at the world’s edge
‘πισημος
Conspicuous
άμιλλον
Contest
αλλ’ εχ’ ήσυχος
No, hold your peace!
εφελκων
Bringing with me
εχθαιρων
Weary
καινης
New
εις άμιλλαν πολυτεκνον σπουδην εχων
Setting my heart on a competition to beget a multitude of children
μεμφομαι
I (don’t) complain
σπανοζοιμεσθα
Be in want
πενητα
Penniless
σπειρας
To beget
ες ταυτο θειην
In the same esteem
ξυναρτησας γενος ευδαιμονοιην
So that by drawing the family into one I might prosper
λυει
It is advantageous
ες τοσουτον ήκεθ’
You have arrived at such a point
πλειστην ζημιαν οφλισκανει
Incurs the greatest punishment
αυχων
Confident
ευ περιστελειν
Cleverly cloak
πανουργειν
He is wicked
ευσχημων γενη
Put on a seemly facade
πεισαντα
You would have gained my consent
καλώς…ύπηρετεις
Fine support
ου τουτο σ’ ειχεν
This is not what was on your mind