Section 10E Greek to English COPY

Question 1

uncaring, unconcerned

Answer 1

ἀμελής, ἀμελές

Question 2

sweet

Answer 2

γλυκύς, εῖα, ύ

Question 3

at any rate

Answer 3

γοῦν

Question 4

need, ask, beg (+ gen.)

Answer 4

δέομαι (+ gen.)

Question 5

give, grant

Answer 5

δίδωμι (δο- )

Question 6

undress (intransitive)

Answer 6

ἐκδύομαι

Question 7

no, no one

Answer 7

μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν (μηδένος)

Question 8

who, what, which

Answer 8

ὅς, ἥ, ὅ

Question 9

who indeed, what indeed, which indeed

Answer 9

ὅσπερ, ἥπερ, ὅπερ

Question 10

whoever, whatever

Answer 10

ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι

Question 11

what sort of?

Answer 11

ποῖος, α, ον

Question 12

vote

Answer 12

ψηφίζομαι (fut. ψηφιέομαι)

Question 13

(Myrrhine returns bringing a little couch.)

Answer 13

(ἐπανέρχεται ἡ Μυρρίνη κλινίδιον φέρουσα.)

Question 14

MYRRHINE “Look, I’m undressing.”

Answer 14

ΜΥΡΡΙΝΗ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐκδύομαι.

Question 15

“And yet I must bring a mattress.”

Answer 15

(has a sudden thought) καίτοι ψίαθον χρή μ’ ἐνεγκεῖν

Question 16

KINESIAS “What kind of mattress?”

Answer 16

ΚΙΝΕΣΙΑΣ (surprised) ποία ψίαθος;

Question 17

“Don’t bother just for me.”

Answer 17

μὴ μοί γε.

Question 18

“Let me kiss you instead.”

Answer 18

ἀλλὰ δός μοί νυν κύσαι.

Question 19

MYR. “There.”

Answer 19

ΜΥ. ἰδού.

Question 20

(After kissing her husband she goes out again.)

Answer 20

(κύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα, αὖθις ἐξέρχεται.)

Question 21

(She comes back very quickly, bringing a mattress.)

Answer 21

(φέρουσα δὲ ψίαθον, πάνυ ταχέως ἐπανέρχεται.)

Question 22

“Look, a mattress.”

Answer 22

ἰδού, ψίαθος.

Question 23

“Why don’t you lie down?”

Answer 23

ἀλλὰ τί οὐ κατακλίνῃ;

Question 24

“And indeed I’m undressing.”

Answer 24

καὶ δὴ ἐκδύομαι.

Question 25

“And yet you don’t have a pillow.”

Answer 25

(she has another sudden thought) καίτοι προσκεφάλαιον οὐκ ἔχεις.

Question 26

KIN. “But I certainly don’t need one.”

Answer 26

ΚΙΝ. (belligerently) ἀλλ’ οὐ δέομαι οὐδὲν ἔγωγε.

Question 27

MYR. “By Zeus, but I need one.”

Answer 27

ΜΥ. (firmly) νὴ Δί’, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ δέομαι.

Question 28

(She goes out again.)

Answer 28

(αὖθις ἐξέρχεται.)

Question 29

(She returns bringing a pillow.)

Answer 29

(ἐπανέρχεται δὲ προκεφάλαιον φέρουσα.)

Question 30

“Stand up. Jump up.”

Answer 30

ΜΥ. ἀνίστασο, ἀναπήδησον.

Question 31

KIN. “Now I've got everything I need.”

Answer 31

ΚΙΝ. (shaking his head) ἤδη πάντ’ἔχω, ὅσων δέομαι.

Question 32

MYR. “Everything, indeed?”

Answer 32

ΜΥ. ἅπαντα δῆτα;

Question 33

KIN. “Come here then, Myrrhine baby.”

Answer 33

ΚΙΝ. δεῦρό νυν, ὦ Μυρρινίδιον.

Question 34

MYR. “Now I’m untying my sash.”

Answer 34

ΜΥ. (teasing, then seriously) τὸ στρόφιον ἤδη λύομαι.

Question 35

“But take care not to cheat me over the treaty that we recently discussed.”

Answer 35

ἀλλὰ φύλαξαι μή μ’ ἐξαπατᾶν περὶ τῶν σπονδῶν, περὶ ὧν ἄρτι λόγους ἐποιούμεθα.

Question 36

KIN. “By Zeus, may I die [if I cheat you].”

Answer 36

ΚΙΝ. (absently) νὴ Δί’, ἀπολοίμην ἄρα.

Question 37

MYR. (Suddenly she stops undressing.)

Answer 37

ΜΥ. (ἐξαίφνης παύεται ἐκδυομένη.)

Question 38

“You don’t have a blanket.”

Answer 38

σισύραν οὐκ ἔχεις.

Question 39

KIN. “By Zeus, I don’t need one, but I want to screw.”

Answer 39

ΚΙΝ. (shouting in frustration) μὰ Δί’, οὐδὲ δέομαί γε, ἀλλὰ βίνειν βούλομαι.

Question 40

MYR. “OF course you’ll do this.”

Answer 40

́ΜΥ. (teasing again) ἀμέλει ποιήσεις τοῦτο.

Question 41

“For I’m coming back quickly.”

Answer 41

ταχὺ γὰρ ἔρχομαι.

Question 42

(She goes out.)

Answer 42

(ἐξέρχεται)

Question 43

KIN. “The creature will kill me with her blankets.”

Answer 43

ΚΙΝ. (sighing wearily) ἡ ἄνθρωπος διαφθερεῖ με ταῖς σισύραις.

Question 44

(Myrrhine returns bringing the blanket.)

Answer 44

(ἐπανέρχεται ἡ Μυρρίνη σισύραν φέρουσα.)

Question 45

“Now I’ll love you. Look.”

Answer 45

(firmly) νῦν δὲ φιλήσω. ἰδού.

Question 46

MYR. “Hang on. Shall I anoint you with myrrh?”

Answer 46

ΜΥ. (holding him off) ἀνάμενε. ἆρα μυριῶ σε;

Question 47

KIN. “By Apollo, not me.”

Answer 47

ΚΙΝ. μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω, μὴ ἐμέ γε.

Question 48

MYR. “By Aphrodite, I shall do this.”

Answer 48

ΜΥ. (firmly, picking up a flask of ointment) νὴ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην, ποιήσω τοῦτο.

Question 49

“Stretch out our hand and anoint (yourself), taking what what I shall give you.”

Answer 49

πρότεινε δὴ τὴν χεῖρα καὶ ἀλείφου, λαβών ὅ σοι δώσω.

Question 50

KIN. “The myrrh which you gave me is not pleasant.”

Answer 50

ΚΙΝ. (suspiciously) οὐχ ἡδὺ τὸ μύρον ὅ μοι ἔδωκας.

Question 51

“For it smells of delay, but it doesn’t smell of marriage.”

Answer 51

διατριβῆς γὰρ ὄζει, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ὄζει γάμων.

Question 52

MYR. “Poor me, I’ve brought the myrrh from Rhodes.”

Answer 52

ΜΥ. (looking in mock anger at the flask). τάλαιν’ ἐγώ, τὸ Ῥόδιον ἤνεγκον μύρον.

Question 53

KIN. “Good. Let it be, my dear lady.”

Answer 53

ΚΙΝ. (impatiently) ἀγαθόν. ἔα αὐτό, ὦ δαιμονία.

Question 54

“May the man who first made myrrh die very horribly.”

Answer 54

κάκιστ’ ἀπόλοιτο, ὅστις πρῶτος ἐποίησε μύρον.

Question 55

“But lie down and don’t bring me anything.”

Answer 55

ἀλλὰ κατακλίνηθι καὶ μή μοι φέρε μηδέν.

Question 56

MYR. “I’ll do this, by Artemis.”

Answer 56

ΜΥ. ποιήσω ταῦτα, νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν.

Question 57

“I’m undoing my shoes at any rate.”

Answer 57

ὑπολύομαι γοῦν.

Question 58

“But, my dearest husband, will you vote to make a treaty?”

Answer 58

ἀλλ’, ὦ φίλτατε, σπονδὰς ποιεῖσθαι ψηφιεῖ;

Question 59

KIN. “I’ll vote.”

Answer 59

ΚΙΝ. (absently) ψηφιοῦμαι.

Question 60

(Myrrhine runs away.)

Answer 60

(ἡ Μυρρίνη ἀποτρέχει.)

Question 61

“What’s going on here?”

Answer 61

τί δὲ τουτὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα;

Question 62

“The wife’s gone off and left me.”

Answer 62

ἡ γυνὴ ἀπελθοῦσα μ’ ἔλιπεν.

Question 63

“Oh dear, what am I suffering?”

Answer 63

οἴμοι, τί πάσχω;

Question 64

“What shall I suffer?”

Answer 64

τί πείσομαι;

Question 65

“Oh dear, the wife will destroy me.”

Answer 65

οἴμοι, ἀπολεῖ με ἡ γυνή.

Question 66

“Who(m) shall I screw now?”

Answer 66

τίνα νῦν βινήσω;

Question 67

“Alas, I’m the unluckiest man alive.”

Answer 67

οἴμοι. δυστυχέστατος ἐγώ.

Question 68

uncaring, unconcerned

Answer 68

ἀμελής, ἀμελές

Question 69

sweet

Answer 69

γλυκύς, εῖα, ύ

Question 70

at any rate

Answer 70

γοῦν

Question 71

need, ask, beg (+ gen.)

Answer 71

δέομαι (+ gen.)

Question 72

give, grant

Answer 72

δίδωμι (δο- )

Question 73

undress (intransitive)

Answer 73

ἐκδύομαι

Question 74

no, no one

Answer 74

μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν (μηδένος)

Question 75

who, what, which

Answer 75

ὅς, ἥ, ὅ

Question 76

who indeed, what indeed, which indeed

Answer 76

ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι

Question 77

whoever, whatever

Answer 77

ὅσπερ, ἥπερ, ὅπερ

Question 78

what sort of?

Answer 78

ποῖος, α, ον

Question 79

vote

Answer 79

ψηφίζομαι (fut. ψηφιέομαι