Protagoras vocabulary 312a5-b2

Question 1

give the principal parts of γίγνομαι, be, become

Answer 1

γίγνομαι, γενήσομαι, ἐγενόμην, γέγονα, γεγένημαι

Question 2

conjugate παύω in the present active and middle/passive optative

Answer 2

present: παύοιμι, παύοις, παύοι; παύοιμεν, παύοιτε, παύοιεν. middle/passive: παυοίμην, παύοιο, παύοιτο; παυοίμεθα, παύοισθε, παύοιντο

Question 3

ἦν δ’ ἐγώ

Answer 3

I said

Question 4

πρὸς θεῶν

Answer 4

by the gods!

Question 5

αἰσχύνομαι, αἰσχοῦμαι

Answer 5

to be ashamed

Question 6

Ἥλλην, ηνος, ὁ

Answer 6

a Greek (the Greeks never called themselves “Greeks” (the Latin word Graecus apparently came from a small Greek town in Italy)

Question 7

νὴ τὸν Δία

Answer 7

yes by Zeus!

Question 8

εἴπερ

Answer 8

if in fact

Question 9

διανοέομαι, διανοήσομαι, διενοήθην

Answer 9

have in mind

Question 10

χρή

Answer 10

it is necessary

Question 11

λέγω, λέξω, ἔλεξα, εἴρηκα, λέλεγμαι, ἐλέχθην

Answer 11

to say

Question 12

μὴ οὐ (+ indic.)

Answer 12

perhaps; (in questions) surely (expecting a positive answer)

Question 13

μάθησις, ἡ

Answer 13

learning, education

Question 14

οἵοσπερ, οἵαπερ, οἵονπερ

Answer 14

the very kind of

Question 15

κιθαριστής, ὁ

Answer 15

kithara-player, harpist

Question 16

παιδοτρίβης, ὁ

Answer 16

physical trainer, gymnastics teacher