Oedipus 250-500 Vocab Flashcards
επευχομαι
I pray
ξυνεστιος
By the hearth
ξυενειδοτος
With my knowledge
άπερ
Just as
επισκηπτω
I charge you
ακαρπως καθεως εφθαρμρνης
Godlessly blasted with barrenness
θεηλατον
Forced on you by the gods
ακαθαρτον
Unpurified
εξερευναν
You should have searched it out
κυρω
I chance
κοινων τε παιδων κοιν’ αν, ει κεινω γενος μη δυστυχησεν, ην αν εκπεφυκοτα
And since had he not been unfortunate in respect of issue our children would have had one father
ανθ’ ων
For these reasons
αροτον
Send crops
φθειρεισθαι
Perish
αρεσκονθ’
Approve
ετ ξυνειεν
Remain ever graciously
μη παρης το μη ου φρασαι
Don’t pass it over without telling me
εν αγροις
Been idle
κωφα
Vague
ταρβος
Fear
ούξελεγξων
To convict him
εμπεφυκεν
Is implanted
νωμων
Perceive
αρρητα
The unspeakable
χθονοστιβη
The things that move on earth
προστατην
Champion
εκλυσιν
Release
ρυσαι
Save
ανδρα δ’ωφελειν…ών εχοι τε και δυναιτο
For a man to help with whatever he has at his disposal
ενθα μη τελη λυη φρονουντι
When knowledge does not benefit the knower
αθυμος
despondent
αφες μ’
Let me go
ραστα γαρ το σον τε συ καγω διοισω τουμον
You I’ll find it easier to bear your fate and I mine
εννομ’
Lawful
αποστερων
Withholding
εκφηνω
I shall (never) disclose
αλγυνω
I shall give pain
αλλως
To no purpose
ατεγκτος κατελευτητος
Inflexible and inconclusive
εμεμψω
You blamed
θυμου
Become angry
αγριωτατη
With the fiercest