Protagoras vocabulary 314a3-b1

Question 1

give the principal parts of τίθημι, place

Answer 1

τίθημι, θήσω, ἔθηκα, τέθηκα, τέθειμαι, ἐτέθην

Question 2

(πρίν + infinitive = “before”) translate: ἦλθες πρὶν τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀφιξέσθαι.

Answer 2

“You came before the person arrived.”

Question 3

(πρίν + finite verb in negative sentence = “until”) translate: οὐκ ἦλθες πρὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀφίκετο.

Answer 3

“You didn’t come until the person arrived.”

Question 4

ποτόν, τό

Answer 4

a drink

Question 5

• πρίαμαι *̃ (assumed but unattested present indic. form), ἐπριάμην

Answer 5

to buy

Question 6

ἔμπορος, ὁ

Answer 6

merchant, trader

Question 7

ἔξεστι(ν)

Answer 7

it is possible

Question 8

ἀγγεῖον, τό

Answer 8

vessel, container

Question 9

δέχομαι, δέξομαι, ἐδεξάμην, δέδεγμαι

Answer 9

to accept, receive

Question 10

πίνω, πίομαι or πιοῦμαι, ἔπιον

Answer 10

to drink

Question 11

ἐσθίω, ἔδομαι, ἔφαγον, ἐδήδοκα

Answer 11

to eat

Question 12

κατατίθημι

Answer 12

to lay up in store

Question 13

οἴκαδε

Answer 13

at home

Question 14

παρακαλέω

Answer 14

call in, send for, summon; invite; exhort, encourage

Question 15

ἐπαΐω (four syllables, i.e., the -αι- is not a diphthong)

Answer 15

to give ear to; to be an expert

Question 16

ἐδεστέος, α, ον

Answer 16

edible

Question 17

ποτέος, α, ον

Answer 17

drinkable, potable

Question 18

ὁπόσος, ον

Answer 18

how much

Question 19

ὁπότε

Answer 19

when, whenever