Section 12A Greek to English Flashcards
ἄλλος … ἄλλον
one … another
ἀσπάζομαι
greet, welcome
δικανικός, ή, όν
judicial
ἐντυγχάνω (ἐντυχ- ) (+ dat.)
meet with, come upon (+ dat.)
ἔτερος … ἔτερον
one … another (of two)
ἱμάτιον, τό
cloak
μηδέ … μηδε
neither … nor
τύχη, ἡ
chance, fortune (good or bad)
ὠθέω
push, shove
(κελεύοντος τοῦ κήρυκος, ἥκουσιν οἱ δικασταὶ εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον.)
(When the herald summons them the dikasts come into the courtroom.)
καὶ ἄλλος ἄλλον ὡς ὁρῶσιν ἥκοντα, εὐθὺς ἀσπάζονται, λαβόμενοι τῆς χειρός.)
(And as they see one another coming in, they immediately greet one another, shaking hands. [lit. taking the hand])
(ἐπεὶ δὲ ἥκουσιν ὁ Κωμίας καὶ Εὐεργίδης εἰς τὸ δικαστήτιον … )
When Komias and Euergides come into the lawcourt … )
(… — οὗ μέλλουσι δικάσειν γραφήν τινα περὶ Νεαίρας — )
( —where they are going to judge a case about Neaira— )
(… ἀσπάζεται ὁ ἕτερος τὸν ἕτερον.)
( … they greet one another.)
ΕΥΕΡΓΙΔΗΣ χαῖρε, ὦ Κωμία.
EUERGIDES “Greetings, Komias.”
ΚΩΜΙΑΣ νὴ καὶ σύ γε, Εὐεργίδη.
KOMIAS “And [greetings] to you too, Euergides.”
ὅσος ὁ ὄχλος.
“What a big crowd!”
ἀλλὰ τίς ἐστί οὑτοσί;
“But who is this?”
οὐ δήπου Στρυμόδωρος ὁ γείτων;
“It’s not really our neighbor Strymodoros, is it?”
ναὶ μὰ τὸν Δία, αὐτὸς δῆτ’ ἐκεῖνος.
“Yes, by Zeus, it is indeed the man himself.”
ὢ τῆς τύχης.
“Oh what luck!”
ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἤλπιζον Στρυμοδώρῳ ἐντεύξεσθαι ἐν δικαστηρίῳ διατρίβοντι, νέῳ δὴ ὄντι καὶ ἀπείρῳ τῶν δικανικῶν.
“But I did not expect to meet Strymodoros spending his time in the lawcourt, since he is a young man and without experience in judicial matters.”
ΕΥ. τί οὐ καλεῖς αὐτὸν δεῦρο;
EU. “Why don’t you call him over here?”
ἐξέσται γὰρ αὐτῷ μεθ’ ἡμῶν καθίζειν.
“It will be possible for him to sit with us.”
