Odyssey 2 Flashcards
τηλύγετος
just entered manhood/womanhood, fully grown, big
[Taylor has blossomed into]
αἴγλη, ἡ
light of sun or moon; brightness
[the aegis is bright]
ἤλεκτρον, τό
amber
[klepto stole my dinosaur DNA encased in amber]
ἐπιμιμνήσκω
remember, think of, speak about
[still remember Mee-Maw]
πινύτος, ἡ
wise, good sense, sound understanding
[wine makes you think you’re wiser]
κατάγω
lead down, bring to shore
σπεῖρον, τό
clothes, shroud, sail
[spear the clothes with the sail]
ἀμφαφάω
put hands round, handle, handle & use
[around my maw]
λοχάω
lie in wait; lie in ambush for
[lox and bagel ambush]
φώκη, ἡ
seal
[Poki the dancing seal]
ὀλοφώϊος
crafty, cunning, wiles
[Olaf has cunning eyes]
ὑποδύω
emerge from, come out of; plunge beneath
[hippo emerges from water]
τέκμωρ, τό
end, limit, conclusion, goal
[techno’s limit]
ἀναρπάζω
snatch up, carry off
[up Tarzan]
καθίζω
cause to seat oneself, set, place, settle
νῆσος, ἡ
island
ἄλεισον, τό
drinking cup
[alien ale cup]
λωτός, ὁ
plant (perhaps trefoil or clover; seductive fruit
[forbidden rabbit fruit]
δαιτυμών, ὁ
banqueters, dinner guests at a feast
[dinner men]
οὐδός, ὁ
threshold, old age
[juice barrier for age]
ἐυνάζω
laid to rest, retired to bed, to nest
[Una sits when she’s dead]
θάλλω
grow profusely, flourish
[fallow field ready for planting]
διάκτορος, ὁ
the runner (Hermes)
[dictator of fast words]
σχεδίη, ἡ
raft
[ski into the den on a raft]
ἐπιφράζω
to think of, devise, contrive, believe something of
[thinking frazzled thoughts]
πολυμήχανος
of many devices, resourceful (Odysseus)
[polymath]
ῥαίω
smite, break in pieces, shipwreck (person)
[rain wreck]