Section 11C English to Greek

Question 1

choose

Answer 1

αἱρέομαι (ἑλ- )

Question 2

perceive, notice

Answer 2

αἰσθάνομαι (αἰσθ- )

Question 3

please (+ dat.)

Answer 3

ἀρέσκω (+ dat.)

Question 4

be ruled

Answer 4

ἄρχομαι

Question 5

begin; rule (+ gen.)

Answer 5

ἄρχω (+ gen.)

Question 6

taste, sample

Answer 6

γεῦμα, γεύματος, τό

Question 7

(to) taste

Answer 7

γεύομαι

Question 8

most pleasant (superl. of ἡδύς)

Answer 8

ἥδιστος, η, ον

Question 9

stone

Answer 9

λίθος, ὁ

Question 10

and he, but he

Answer 10

ὅδε

Question 11

and they, but they

Answer 11

οἱδέ

Question 12

sharp; bitter; shrill

Answer 12

ὀξύς, εῖα, ύ

Question 13

preparation, equipping; force

Answer 13

παρασκευή

Question 14

three

Answer 14

τρεῖς, τρία

Question 15

DIKAIOPOLIS “But here’s Amphitheos back from Sparta.”

Answer 15

ΔΙΚ. ἀλλ’ ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος γὰρ Αμφίθεος ὁδί.

Question 16

“Greetings, Amphitheos.”

Answer 16

χαῖρ’, Ἀμφίθεε

Question 17

(Though Dikaiopolis has said this, Amphitheos keeps running.)

Answer 17

(Δικαιοπόλεως δὲ ταῦτα εἰπόντος, ὁ Ἀμφίθεος τρέχει ἔτι.)

Question 18

AMPHITHEOS “Not yet, Dikaiopolis.”

Answer 18

ΑΜΦΙ. μήπω γε, Δικαιόπολι.

Question 19

“For I must flee and escape from the Akharnians.”

Answer 19

δεῖ γάρ με φεύγοντ’ ἐκφυγεῖν Ἀχαρνέας.

Question 20

DIK. “What’s up?”

Answer 20

ΔΙΚ. τί δ’ ἐστίν;

Question 21

AMP. “I was hurrying here bringing a treaty for you.”

Answer 21

ΑΜΦΙ (looks around anxiously) ἐγὼ μὲν δεῦρό σοι σπονδὰς φέρων ἔσπευδον.

Question 22

“But I didn’t evade the Akharnians.”

Answer 22

ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἔλαθον τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας.

Question 23

“Those old men, being fighters at the battle of Marathon, the moment they spotted me bringing the treaty, all shouted…

Answer 23

οἱ δὲ γέροντες ἐκεῖνοι, Μαραθωνομάχαι ὄντες, εὐθὺς αἰσθόμενοί με σπονδὰς φέροντα, ἐβόησαν πάντες, …

Question 24

“‘You foulest of creatures, are you bringing a treaty when the Spartans have destroyed our land?’”

Answer 24

“ὦ μιαρώτατε, σπονδὰς φέρεις, Λακεδαιμονίων τὴν ἡμετέραν τῆν ὀλεσάντων;”

Question 25

“And they took up stones.”

Answer 25

καὶ λίθους ἔλαβον.

Question 26

“And when they took up stones, I ran away.”

Answer 26

λίθους δὲ λαβόντων αὐτῶν, ἐγὼ ἔφευγον.

Question 27

“But they were following me and shouting.”

Answer 27

οἱ δ’ ἐδίωκον καὶ ἐβόων.

Question 28

DIK. “Let them shout, then.”

Answer 28

ΔΙΚ. οἱ δ’ οὖν βοώντων.

Question 29

“But are you bringing the treaty?”

Answer 29

ἀλλὰ τὰς σπονδὰς φέρεις;

Question 30

AMP. “I’ll say.”

Answer 30

ΑΜΦΙ. ἔγωγέ φημι.

Question 31

“Here are three samples.”

Answer 31

(produces some sample bottles from his pouch) τρία γε ταυτὶ γεύματα.

Question 32

(He gives him a taste.)

Answer 32

(δίδωσιν αὐτῷ γεῦμά τι.)

Question 33

“This is for five years.”

Answer 33

αὗται μέν εἰσι πεντέτεις.

Question 34

“Take it and taste.”

Answer 34

γεῦσαι λαβών.

Question 35

(After Amphitheos has given it to him, Dikaiopolis tastes it.)

Answer 35

ΔΙΚ. (δόντος Ἀμφιθέου, γεύεται Δικαιόπολις.)

Question 36

“Yuk!”

Answer 36

αἰβοῖ.

Question 37

AMP. “What is it?”

Answer 37

ΑΜΦΙ. τί ἐστιν;

Question 38

DIK. “It doesn’t please me because it smells of equipping of ships.”

Answer 38

ΔΙΚ. οὐκ ἀρέσκουσί μοι ὅτι ὄζουσι παρασκευῆς νεῶν.

Question 39

AMP. (Giving him another sample.)

Answer 39

ΑΜΦΙ. (δοὺς ἄλλο τι γεῦμα)

Question 40

“You take this ten-year treaty instead and taste it.”

Answer 40

σὺ δ’ ἀλλά, τασδὶ τὰς δεκέτεις, γεῦσαι λαβών.

Question 41

DIK. “It smells too—very pungently of ambassadors to the cities.”

Answer 41

ΔΙΚ. ὄζουσι χαὖται πρεσβέων εἰς τὰς πόλεις ὀξύτατα.

Question 42

AMP. “But here is a thirty-year peace by both land and sea.”

Answer 42

ΑΜΦΙ. ἀλλ’ αὗταί εισι σπονδαὶ τριακοντούτεις κατὰ γῆν τε καὶ θάλατταν.

Question 43

DIK. “O festival of Dionysos, this smells of ambrosia and nectar.”

Answer 43

ΔΙΚ. (joyfully) ὦ Διονύσια, αὗται μὲν ὄζους’ ἀμβροσίας καὶ νέκταρος.

Question 44

“I’ll choose this with the greatest pleasure, bidding a long farewell to the Akharnians.”

Answer 44

ταύτας ἥδιστ’ ἂν αἱροίμην, χαίρειν πολλὰ κελεύων τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας.

Question 45

“Ceasing from war and its evils I intend to go in and celebrate the country Dionysia.”

Answer 45

ἐγὼ δέ, πολέμου καὶ κακῶν παυσάμενος, ἄξειν μέλλω εἰσιὼν τὰ κατ’ ἀγροὺς Διονύσια.

Question 46

AMP. (Seeing the Akharnians approaching)

Answer 46

ΑΜΦΙ. (κατιδὼν προσιόντας τοὺς Άχαρνέας.)

Question 47

“And I’ll run away from the Akharnians.”

Answer 47

ἐγὼ δὲ φεύξομαί γε τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας.

Question 48

choose

Answer 48

αἱρέομαι (ἑλ- )

Question 49

perceive, notice

Answer 49

αἰσθάνομαι (αἰσθ- )

Question 50

please (+ dat.)

Answer 50

ἀρέσκω (+ dat.)

Question 51

be ruled

Answer 51

ἄρχομαι

Question 52

begin; rule (+ gen.)

Answer 52

ἄρχω (+ gen.)

Question 53

taste, sample

Answer 53

γεῦμα, γεύματος, τό

Question 54

(to) taste

Answer 54

γεύομαι

Question 55

most pleasant (superl. of ἡδύς)

Answer 55

ἥδιστος, η, ον

Question 56

stone

Answer 56

λίθος, ὁ

Question 57

and he, but he

Answer 57

ὅδε

Question 58

and they, but they

Answer 58

οἱδέ

Question 59

sharp; bitter; shrill

Answer 59

ὀξύς, εῖα, ύ

Question 60

preparation, equipping; force

Answer 60

παρασκευή

Question 61

three

Answer 61

τρεῖς, τρία