Rhetoric I

Question 0

δᾴδουχ-ος, ὁ

Answer 0

(ἔχω) torch-bearer

Question 1

βλαίσ-ωσις, εως, ἡ

Answer 1

= βλαισότης, (βλαισ-ότης, ητος, ἡ, crookedness, curvature) mctaph., retorting of a dilemma on its proposer

Question 2

βρᾰχῠ-κωλος, ον

Answer 2

with short strings, of slings; consisting of short clauses

Question 3

βωμολοχ-ία, ἡ

Answer 3

mendicancy

Question 4

ἐπιδιήγ-ησις, εως, ἡ

Answer 4

after- or repeated narration

Question 5

τροχ-ερός, ά, όν

Answer 5

(τροχός) running, tripping

Question 6

ὑδρ-ία, ἡ

Answer 6

(ὕδωρ) water-pot, pitcher

Question 7

ὑποθήκ-η, ἡ

Answer 7

(ὑποτίθημι) suggestion, counsel, warning

Question 8

ὑποκορ-ισμός, ὁ

Answer 8

blandishments, use of endearing names; use of diminutives

Question 9

διήγ-ησις, εως, ἡ

Answer 9

narration, narrative; in a speech, statement of the case

Question 10

δικο-λογία, ἡ

Answer 10

pleading

Question 11

ἀντί-κρουσις, εως, ἡ

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abrupt close, in a rhetorical period; hindrance, check: κρούω - strike one against another, strike together, κ. χεῖρας clap the hands

Question 12

βαστάζω

Answer 12

lift up

Question 13

βᾰσίλ-ειᾰ, ἡ

Answer 13

queen; kingdom

Question 14

γνωμο-τύπος, ον

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(τύπτω) maxim-coining, sententious

Question 15

γνωμο-τῠπέω

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coin maxims

Question 16

γνώμ-η, ἡ

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means of knowing: hence, mark, token; γνῶμαι,αἱ, practical maxims

Question 17

ἀσύν-δετος, ον

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unconnected, loose; of language, without conjunctions

Question 18

ἄγραφ-ος, ον

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unwritten

Question 19

ἀγχί-νοια, ἡ

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(νοέω) ready wit, sagacity, shrewdness

Question 20

αἰκ-ία, ἡ

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insulting treatment, outrage

Question 21

αἴνιγμα, ατος, τό

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dark saying, riddle

Question 22

αἰνίκ-ττομαι

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to speak in dark riddles

Question 23

ἀποπλαν-ησις, εως, ἡ

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digression; wandering

Question 24

ἀπό-φθεγμα, ατος, τό

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terse pointed saying, apophthegm, of Theramenes

Question 25

ἀντιπαρα-βολή, ἡ

Answer 25

reply by comparison or contrast

Question 26

ἀντίστροφ-ος, ον

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turned so as to face one another: hence, correlative, co-ordinate, counterpart; in Logic, converse

Question 27

ἀκρο-ατής, οῦ, ὁ

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hearer, of persons who come to hear a public speaker; disciple, pupil; reader

Question 28

ἐκκλησι-αστής, οῦ, ὁ

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member of the ἐκκλησία

Question 29

Ἑλλην-ίζω

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impf. ἑλλήνιζον without augm.: speak Greek; trans., make Greek, Hellenize

Question 30

ἐπίθετ-ος, ον

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additional; Subst. ἐπίθετον, τό, epithet

Question 31

ἰαμβεῖος, ον

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(ἴαμβος) iambic, μέτρον

Question 32

εὐτρᾰπελ-ία, ἡ

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ready wit, liveliness

Question 33

σολοικ-ίζω

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speak or write incorrectly, commit a solecism

Question 34

τόν-ος, ὁ

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(τείνω) that by which a thing is stretched, or that which can itself be stretched, cord, brace, band, οἱ τ. τῶν κλινέων the cords of beds or chairs

Question 35

ἀστεῖος, α, ον, also ος, ον

Answer 35

(ἄστυ):—of the town (but in the literal sense ἀστικός is used); of persons, οἱ ἀ. the wits, Pl.R.452d; τὰ ἀ. witty sayings, witticisms, Arist.Rh.1411b21

Question 36

ἀστρᾰγάλ-ισις, εως, ἡ

Answer 36

playing with ἀστράγαλοι; ἀστρᾰγαλ-ιστικός, ή, όν, of the dice

Question 37

ἐνθύμ-ημα, ατος, τό

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thought, piece of reasoning, argument; in Aristotle’s Logic, enthymeme, rhetorical syllogism drawn from probable premises (ἐξ εἰκότων ἢ σημείων), opp. ἀποδεικτικὸς συλλογισμός

Question 38

ἔχθρ-α, ἡ

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hatred, enmity

Question 39

ἐχῖνος, ὁ

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hedgehog: ἐχινώδης, ες, prickly, like a hedgehog; rugged