Odyssey 1 Flashcards
ἀγρός
[ah-GROS]
white, bright, gleaming, swift
[a gross off-white]
ἀέκητι
[AIEE-ki-tee]
against the will, in spite of
[a kitty purrs against her will]
ἄκμων, ὁ
anvil
[Acme brand anvil]
ἄκρον, τό
summit, crest of hill, cape, end
ἀλλοδαπός
foreign, alien
[all the other guys]
ἀνᾱισσω
[ah-NEE-ee-so-oh]
to start, spring up, dart up, rise quickly, rush
[anesthetic rushes quickly into my blood vessels]
ἀναλῡω, ἀλλύω
[ah-NAH-lo-mega], [ah-EE-lee-oh]
to loose, to set free, to undo
[free the mega toad]
ἄνειμι
[ah-NAY-ee-mee]
go up, rise, go inland, return
ἀνῑάω
[ah-KNEE-ow]
to trouble, vex, become disgusted, annoyed
[knee is troubled by ow]
ἀνορούω
to rise, start up, spring up
[arrow rose up into the sky]
ἀοιδή, ἡ
song, dirge, singing, lament
ἀοιδός, ὁ
minstrel, bard, singer
ἀπαγορεύω
[(a)pah-go-ray-voh]
forbid, prohibit, dissuade, renounce
[pa forbids me to go to the rave]
ἀποεῖπον, ἀπέειπον
[(a)POH-ai-pon, (a)PAY-ai-pon]
refuse, renounce, speak out
[refuse to read Poe’s poem]
ἀποίχομαι
[ah-PEE-hoh-may]
to be gone or absent, hold aloof from, foresake
[Pujols gone]
ἀποστρέφω
turn back, return, reverse course
[run away!]
ἀποτίνω
to pay back, make requital; punish
[appletini punishes you]
ἀσκελής
[(a)s-KEE-lee-s]
dried-up, withered, worn-out, unrelenting
[Aeschelus is all worn out]
ἀτέμβω
[ah-TEN-voh]
to wrong, treat improperly, deprive
[Ten volts is wrong]
ἀχέω
[ah-KI-hai-mo]
to cause to grieve, to grieve, to be troubled
[a keyhole causes trouble]
δεύτατος
[THEF-ta-tohs]
last, the last
[the last theft]
διαπρήσσω
[thee-ah-PREE-so]
make one’s way, traverse a space
[travel on your way via car or boat]
διατρίβω
[THEE-ah-tree-voh]
crumble, delay, put off, hold back from
[the tree crumbles into dust]
δύσμορος
[THEES-mor-ros]
doomed, ill-starred, unlucky
[these doomed morons]
εἰλίπους
[ai-e-LEE-pu-s]
shambling (oxen)
[isle of poo covered in shambling oxen]
ἐμπάζομαι
[(em)-BAZ-oh-may]
care about, regard, concern oneself, pay attention to
[I care if you embezzle me]
ἐπιτολμάω
[eh-PEE-toli-maoo]
steel oneself, resign oneself to do
[epistle of steel]
ἐριδαίνω
[(e)REE-then-oh]
quarrel, contend, compete with
[Harry & David quarrel]
εὐδείελος
[eu-VEE-ae-los]
bright, shining [islands]
[bright and shiny Humvee]
ἐφέπω
direct or drive (horses) deal with, meet (one’s fate)
[my epitaph is horse driving]
ἐφίημι
[eh-FEE-(ai)-mee]
send, launch, shoot, let fly, lay upon
[feel me shoot that gun]
ἠβαιός
little, small, space, distance, small amount of time
[Scott Baio was popular for a little while]
ἠμαθόεις
[ee-MA-tho-a-es]
sandy, by the sandy shore
[math of grains on sandy beach]
ἰαὐω
lie, rest, pass the night
[I am un well and must rest]
καθάπτω
[KATH-hap-toh]
to address, acost
[cathader attacked or accosted]
κατέρχομαι
[KAT-ehr-ko-may]
to go down, descend, go towards the shore
[cat goes down]
κηρύσσω
[KEE-ree-soh]
discharge duties of heralds, to summon
[Kiri summoned me]
κίθαρις, ἡ
[KEE-tha-ree-s]
cithara, lyre
[keith’s lyre]
κορώνη, ἡ
[KOH-row-nee]
sea bird, sea cow; curved door handle
[Corona sea bird]
κρεμάννῡμι
[KRAY-man-mee]
hang, suspend, hang up
[hang up my crayons]
κτεατίζω
[k-TAY-ah-tee-zoh]
to get, gain, win; to make a farm
[get and contain a T-cell]
κῶας, τό
fleece used for bedding or sitting
[compass made of fleece]
λωίων
[LOY-ee-on]
better, more profitable, more advisable
[Lloyd Dobler is better than they say]
μαῖα, ἡ
[MAI-ah]
good mother, dame, gossip
[Maya’s mom]
μεγαίρω
[may-ge-YAR-row]
to be unwilling to give or allow, to grudge
[Megarow grudge against messyjoes]
μεθίημι
[meh-THEE-me]
let go, release, relax, free, yield
[meth free for 10 years]
μνηστήρ, ὁ
[min-EE-st-eer]
suitors
[minister to the suitors]
μολπή, ἡ
[MOL-ee-pee]
sport, play, singing, dancing
[mole peeing is not a sport]
νεμεσίζομαι
[NEH-meh-see-zoh-may]
feel blame, feel reproach, be in awe of
[nemesis is to blame]
νήποινος
[KNEE-pee-noh-s]
unavenged, without compensation
[vengeance for the pee on knee]
νύμφη, ἡ
[NIM-fee]
nymph, young woman, bride
ὀλολύζω
shouts of women
[ululation]
ὀρχέομαι
[or-HEE-aie-oh-mae]
dance
[orgy dance]
ὀρχηστύς, ἡ
[o-HEE-sth-ees]
dancing, the dance
[or he (Steve) dances]
παρατίθημι
[para-TEE-thee-me]
to set or place beside a person; to risk
[when I fight I risk a pair of teeth]
πάσσαλος, ὁ
[PAS-ah-los]
Peg on which to hang something
[Pass on the peg]
πέδῑλα, τά
[PEI-d-lah]
sandals
[paid a lot for these sandals]
περιναιετάω
[PAIR-ee-nay-taow]
dwell round about, lie round about
[Perry pre-natal house]
περιπέλομαι
[pair-e-PEL-lo-may-e]
to be round about, encircle
[pillows all around me]
περιχέω
shed or spread around, to cover
[Perry covered the floor with sand]
ποιπνύω
show activity, exert oneself, be busy
[poet busy eating pie]
πρίαμαι
[(p)REE-ah-may]
to buy, acquire by purchase
[Pria may buy it]
προσπτύσσω
[PROSP-tee-soh]
embrace, speak to, address
[prose TESOL address]
σκιάω / σκιάζω
[SKEE-aow] / [SKEE-ah-zo-h]
throw shade over, bring into darkness, darken
[ski in dark equals ow]
σπόγγος, ὁ
[SPON-gos]
sponge
τέμω
[TEM-mo]
to reach, touch, come upon, find
[Temo found me]
τίσις, ἡ
[TEE-see-s]
repayment, retribution, vengeance
[TV repayment]
τιταίνω
[tee-TEN-noh]
to bend, to pull, to exert pressure
[can’t bend titanium]
τολυπεύω
[TOL-ee-pay-voh]
to carry out, carry through
[told you I could do it]
τρητός
[TREE-toh-os]
perforated, pierced with holes
[three toes have holes]
τροφός, ἡ
[TRO-h-fos]
nurse
[trauma nurse]
τρύχω
[t-REE-ho-h]
lay burden on, ruin, see one’s work wasted
[tree is ruined]
ὑπέρβιος
[(h)yu-PAIR-vee-ohs]
headstrong, arrogant, wanton
[impervious]
ὑποτίθημι
[poh-TEE-thee-mee]
suggest, advise, give counsel
[pull my teeth, dentist]
φάρμακον, τό
[FAR-mah-kon]
medicine, drug, poison
φέριστος
[(p)FAIR-ee-sto-s]
noblest, most distinguished, my friend
[Fairies have the noblest toes]
χατέω
[CAT-tay-oh]
to be in need, to desire, to wish
[Bob desires a cat’s tail]
