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Odyssey 1 Flashcards

1
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ἀγρός

[ah-GROS]

A

white, bright, gleaming, swift

[a gross off-white]

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ἀέκητι

[AIEE-ki-tee]

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against the will, in spite of

[a kitty purrs against her will]

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ἄκμων, ὁ

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anvil

[Acme brand anvil]

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ἄκρον, τό

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summit, crest of hill, cape, end

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ἀλλοδαπός

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foreign, alien

[all the other guys]

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ἀνᾱισσω

[ah-NEE-ee-so-oh]

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to start, spring up, dart up, rise quickly, rush

[anesthetic rushes quickly into my blood vessels]

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ἀναλῡω, ἀλλύω

[ah-NAH-lo-mega], [ah-EE-lee-oh]

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to loose, to set free, to undo

[free the mega toad]

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ἄνειμι

[ah-NAY-ee-mee]

A

go up, rise, go inland, return

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ἀνῑάω

[ah-KNEE-ow]

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to trouble, vex, become disgusted, annoyed

[knee is troubled by ow]

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ἀνορούω

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to rise, start up, spring up

[arrow rose up into the sky]

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ἀοιδή, ἡ

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song, dirge, singing, lament

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ἀοιδός, ὁ

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minstrel, bard, singer

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ἀπαγορεύω

[(a)pah-go-ray-voh]

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forbid, prohibit, dissuade, renounce

[pa forbids me to go to the rave]

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ἀποεῖπον, ἀπέειπον

[(a)POH-ai-pon, (a)PAY-ai-pon]

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refuse, renounce, speak out

[refuse to read Poe’s poem]

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15
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ἀποίχομαι

[ah-PEE-hoh-may]

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to be gone or absent, hold aloof from, foresake

[Pujols gone]

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ἀποστρέφω

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turn back, return, reverse course

[run away!]

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ἀποτίνω

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to pay back, make requital; punish

[appletini punishes you]

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ἀσκελής

[(a)s-KEE-lee-s]

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dried-up, withered, worn-out, unrelenting

[Aeschelus is all worn out]

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ἀτέμβω

[ah-TEN-voh]

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to wrong, treat improperly, deprive

[Ten volts is wrong]

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ἀχέω

[ah-KI-hai-mo]

A

to cause to grieve, to grieve, to be troubled

[a keyhole causes trouble]

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21
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δεύτατος

[THEF-ta-tohs]

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last, the last

[the last theft]

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διαπρήσσω

[thee-ah-PREE-so]

A

make one’s way, traverse a space

[travel on your way via car or boat]

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διατρίβω

[THEE-ah-tree-voh]

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crumble, delay, put off, hold back from

[the tree crumbles into dust]

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δύσμορος

[THEES-mor-ros]

A

doomed, ill-starred, unlucky

[these doomed morons]

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εἰλίπους

[ai-e-LEE-pu-s]

A

shambling (oxen)

[isle of poo covered in shambling oxen]

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ἐμπάζομαι

[(em)-BAZ-oh-may]

A

care about, regard, concern oneself, pay attention to

[I care if you embezzle me]

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ἐπιτολμάω

[eh-PEE-toli-maoo]

A

steel oneself, resign oneself to do

[epistle of steel]

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28
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ἐριδαίνω

[(e)REE-then-oh]

A

quarrel, contend, compete with

[Harry & David quarrel]

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29
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εὐδείελος

[eu-VEE-ae-los]

A

bright, shining [islands]

[bright and shiny Humvee]

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30
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ἐφέπω

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direct or drive (horses) deal with, meet (one’s fate)

[my epitaph is horse driving]

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ἐφίημι

[eh-FEE-(ai)-mee]

A

send, launch, shoot, let fly, lay upon

[feel me shoot that gun]

32
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ἠβαιός

A

little, small, space, distance, small amount of time

[Scott Baio was popular for a little while]

33
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ἠμαθόεις

[ee-MA-tho-a-es]

A

sandy, by the sandy shore

[math of grains on sandy beach]

34
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ἰαὐω

A

lie, rest, pass the night

[I am un well and must rest]

35
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καθάπτω

[KATH-hap-toh]

A

to address, acost

[cathader attacked or accosted]

36
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κατέρχομαι

[KAT-ehr-ko-may]

A

to go down, descend, go towards the shore

[cat goes down]

37
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κηρύσσω

[KEE-ree-soh]

A

discharge duties of heralds, to summon

[Kiri summoned me]

38
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κίθαρις, ἡ

[KEE-tha-ree-s]

A

cithara, lyre

[keith’s lyre]

39
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κορώνη, ἡ

[KOH-row-nee]

A

sea bird, sea cow; curved door handle

[Corona sea bird]

40
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κρεμάννῡμι

[KRAY-man-mee]

A

hang, suspend, hang up

[hang up my crayons]

41
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κτεατίζω

[k-TAY-ah-tee-zoh]

A

to get, gain, win; to make a farm

[get and contain a T-cell]

42
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κῶας, τό

A

fleece used for bedding or sitting

[compass made of fleece]

43
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λωίων

[LOY-ee-on]

A

better, more profitable, more advisable

[Lloyd Dobler is better than they say]

44
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μαῖα, ἡ

[MAI-ah]

A

good mother, dame, gossip

[Maya’s mom]

45
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μεγαίρω

[may-ge-YAR-row]

A

to be unwilling to give or allow, to grudge

[Megarow grudge against messyjoes]

46
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μεθίημι

[meh-THEE-me]

A

let go, release, relax, free, yield

[meth free for 10 years]

47
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μνηστήρ, ὁ

[min-EE-st-eer]

A

suitors

[minister to the suitors]

48
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μολπή, ἡ

[MOL-ee-pee]

A

sport, play, singing, dancing

[mole peeing is not a sport]

49
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νεμεσίζομαι

[NEH-meh-see-zoh-may]

A

feel blame, feel reproach, be in awe of

[nemesis is to blame]

50
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νήποινος

[KNEE-pee-noh-s]

A

unavenged, without compensation

[vengeance for the pee on knee]

51
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νύμφη, ἡ

[NIM-fee]

A

nymph, young woman, bride

52
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ὀλολύζω

A

shouts of women

[ululation]

53
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ὀρχέομαι

[or-HEE-aie-oh-mae]

A

dance

[orgy dance]

54
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ὀρχηστύς, ἡ

[o-HEE-sth-ees]

A

dancing, the dance

[or he (Steve) dances]

55
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παρατίθημι

[para-TEE-thee-me]

A

to set or place beside a person; to risk

[when I fight I risk a pair of teeth]

56
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πάσσαλος, ὁ

[PAS-ah-los]

A

Peg on which to hang something

[Pass on the peg]

57
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πέδῑλα, τά

[PEI-d-lah]

A

sandals

[paid a lot for these sandals]

58
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περιναιετάω

[PAIR-ee-nay-taow]

A

dwell round about, lie round about

[Perry pre-natal house]

59
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περιπέλομαι

[pair-e-PEL-lo-may-e]

A

to be round about, encircle

[pillows all around me]

60
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περιχέω

A

shed or spread around, to cover

[Perry covered the floor with sand]

61
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ποιπνύω

A

show activity, exert oneself, be busy

[poet busy eating pie]

62
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πρίαμαι

[(p)REE-ah-may]

A

to buy, acquire by purchase

[Pria may buy it]

63
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προσπτύσσω

[PROSP-tee-soh]

A

embrace, speak to, address

[prose TESOL address]

64
Q

σκιάω / σκιάζω

[SKEE-aow] / [SKEE-ah-zo-h]

A

throw shade over, bring into darkness, darken

[ski in dark equals ow]

65
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σπόγγος, ὁ

[SPON-gos]

A

sponge

66
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τέμω

[TEM-mo]

A

to reach, touch, come upon, find

[Temo found me]

67
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τίσις, ἡ

[TEE-see-s]

A

repayment, retribution, vengeance

[TV repayment]

68
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τιταίνω

[tee-TEN-noh]

A

to bend, to pull, to exert pressure

[can’t bend titanium]

69
Q

τολυπεύω

[TOL-ee-pay-voh]

A

to carry out, carry through

[told you I could do it]

70
Q

τρητός

[TREE-toh-os]

A

perforated, pierced with holes

[three toes have holes]

71
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τροφός, ἡ

[TRO-h-fos]

A

nurse

[trauma nurse]

72
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τρύχω

[t-REE-ho-h]

A

lay burden on, ruin, see one’s work wasted

[tree is ruined]

73
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ὑπέρβιος

[(h)yu-PAIR-vee-ohs]

A

headstrong, arrogant, wanton

[impervious]

74
Q

ὑποτίθημι

[poh-TEE-thee-mee]

A

suggest, advise, give counsel

[pull my teeth, dentist]

75
Q

φάρμακον, τό

[FAR-mah-kon]

A

medicine, drug, poison

76
Q

φέριστος

[(p)FAIR-ee-sto-s]

A

noblest, most distinguished, my friend

[Fairies have the noblest toes]

77
Q

χατέω

[CAT-tay-oh]

A

to be in need, to desire, to wish

[Bob desires a cat’s tail]

Odyssey, Theogony, Iliad (extra) (4 decks)

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