Section 12G Greek to English

Question 1

ἄν

Answer 1

(used in conditions)

Question 2

εἴθε (+ opt.)

Answer 2

I wish that! would that!

Question 3

ἐπιλανθάνομαι (ἐπιλαθ-) (+ gen.)

Answer 3

forget (+ gen.)

Question 4

καταλέγω (κατειπ- )

Answer 4

recite, list

Question 5

μαρτυρία, ἡ

Answer 5

evidence, witness

Question 6

μνεία, ἡ

Answer 6

mention

Question 7

μνημονεύω

Answer 7

remember

Question 8

ὅπως (+ fut. indic.)

Answer 8

see to it that (+ fut. indic.)

Question 9

πένης, πένητος, ὁ

Answer 9

poor man; (adj.) poor

Question 10

πλούσιος, α, ον

Answer 10

rich, wealthy

Question 11

συγγίγνομαι (συγγεν- ) (+ dat.)

Answer 11

be with, have intercourse with (+ dat).

Question 12

(Strymodorus’ memory lets him down) ΣΤΡ. ἀπολοίμην, εἰ μημονεύω —

Answer 12

STRYMODOROS “I’m damned (may I perish) if I can remember …”

Question 13

ΚΩ. δοκεῖς μοι, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε, εἰς ἀπορίαν τινὰ κταστῆναι.

Answer 13

KOMIAS “You seem to be in some perplexity, Strymodoros.”

Question 14

μὴ οὖν ἐπικάλυπτε τὴν ἀπορίαν, αἰσχυνόμενος τὸν Εὐεργίδην, ἀλλὰ λέγε μοι ὃ ἀπορεῖς.

Answer 14

“Don’t cover up your perplexity, feeling ashamed in front of Euergides, but tell me what is perplexing you.”

Question 15

ΣΤΡ. ἐγώ σοι ἐρῶ, ὦ Κωμία, ὃ ἀπορῶ.

Answer 15

STR. “I will tell you , Komias, what is perplexing me.”

Question 16

διὰ τί μνείαν ἐποιήσατο ὁ Ἀπολλόδωρος τοῦ Λυσίου καὶ τῆς Μετανείρας;

Answer 16

“Why did Apollodoros mention Lysias and Metenaira?”

Question 17

οὐ γὰρ μνημονεύω ἔγωγε.

Answer 17

“For I don’t remember.”

Question 18

βουλοίμην μεντἂν νὴ Δία μνημονεύειν ἃ λέγει ὁ ἀντίδικος.

Answer 18

“And, by Zeus, I would like to remember what the contestant says.”

Question 19

εἴθε μνημονεύομαι πάνθ’ ἃ λέγει, καὶ ἀπολοίμην, εἰ μνημονεύω.

Answer 19

“Would that I could remember everything he says, and I’m damned if I can remember.”

Question 20

πῶς γὰρ ἂν δικαίως τιθεῖτό τις τὴν ψῆφον, μὴ μνημονεύσας τοὺς λόγους;

Answer 20

“For how could anyone cast his vote justly, if he cannot remember the arguments?”

Question 21

ΚΩ. χαλεπὸν δή ἐστι τῷ δικαστῇ διακρίνειν τὴν δίκην, μὴ μνημονεύοντι πάνθ’ ἃ λέγει ὁ κατήγορος.

Answer 21

KOM. “It it is difficult for the juror to judge the case if he can’t remember everything that the prosecutor says.”

Question 22

εἰ μέντοι σοφιστὴς γένοιο σύ, ῥᾳδίως ἂν μνημονεύσαις πάντας τοὺς λόγους, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε, ὡς ἔοικε, …

Answer 22

“If you were a sophist, you would easily remember all the arguments, Strymodoros, as it seems, …

Question 23

… καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐπιλάθοιο τῶν λεχθέντων.

Answer 23

… and you would not forget the things that have been said.”

Question 24

ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ Ἱππίας τις, ἅπαξ ἀκούσας, πάντα μνημονεύσαις ἄν.

Answer 24

“But, like a Hippias, you would remember everything, having heard it once.”

Question 25

ΣΤΡ. ὥσπερ Ἱπιίας; εἴθε Ἱππίας γενοίμην ἐγώ.

Answer 25

STR. “Like Hippias?” “Would that I were Hippias!”

Question 26

ΚΩ. εἰ νῦν Ἱππίας ἦσθα, οἷός τ’ ἂν ἦσθα καταλέγειν πάντας τοὺς ἀπὸ Σόλωνος ἄρχοντος.

Answer 26

KOM. “If you were Hippias now, you would be able to list all the archons from Solon.”

Question 27

ὁ γὰρ Ἱππίας, ἅπαξ ἀκούσας, ἐμνημόνευε πεντήκοντα ὀνόματα.

Answer 27

“For Hippias, having heard them once, used to remember fifty names.”

Question 28

ΣΤΡ. ὢ τῆς τέχνης.

Answer 28

STR. “What skill!”

Question 29

εἴθε τοσαῦτα μνημονεύσαιμι.

Answer 29

Would that I could (if only I could) remember so much!”

Question 30

ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ φύσει σοφὸς οὐκ εἰμί.

Answer 30

“But I am not clever by nature.”

Question 31

εἰ πάντες οἱ σοφισταί με διδάσκοιεν, οὐκ ἂν οἷοί τ’ εἶεν σοφιστήν με ποιεῖν.

Answer 31

“If all the sophists taught me, they would not be able to make me a sophist.”

Question 32

ἀλλ’ εἰ Ἱππίας ἡμῖν νῦν συνεγίγνετο, πῶς ἂν ἐδίδασκέ με, καὶ τί ἂν ἔλεγεν;

Answer 32

“But if Hippias were here, how would he be teaching me, and what would he be saying?”

Question 33

καὶ πῶς ἂν ἐμάνθανον ἐγώ;

Answer 33

“And how would I learn?”

Question 34

ΚΩ. εἴθε ταῦτα εἰδείην, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε.

Answer 34

KOM. “I wish I knew this, Strymodoros!”

Question 35

εἰ γὰρ ταῦτα ᾔδη ἐγώ, πλούσιος ἂν ἦ τὸ νῦν, καὶ οὐ πένης οὐδὲ δικαστής.

Answer 35

“For if I knew that I would be rich now, and not a poor man and a juror.”

Question 36

ΣΤΡ. οἴμοι. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὥσπερ γέρων τίς, ἐπιλανθάνομαι πάνθ’ ἃ ἀκούω, τῶν τε νόμων καὶ τῶν λόγων καὶ τῶν μαρτυριῶν.

Answer 36

STR. “O dear! For, like an old man, I forget everything I hear, of the laws and the arguments, and the evidence.”

Question 37

εἰ δέ τις τοσαῦτα ἐπιλάθοιτο, πῶς ἂν δικάσειε τὴν δίκην καὶ τὴν ψήφον θεῖτο ἄν;

Answer 37

“If anyone forgets so much, how could he judge the case and cast his vote?”

Question 38

ΚΩ. οὐκ οἶδ’ ἔγωγε, ὦ Στρυμόδωρε.

Answer 38

KOM. “I do not know, Strymodoros.”

Question 39

οὐ γὰρ ἂν γένοιτό ποτε ἀγαθὸς δικαστής, εἰ μὴ μνημονεύσειε τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου λεχθέντα.

Answer 39

“For he would never be a good juryman if he could not remember the things said by the prosecutor.”

Question 40

ἀλλ’ ὅπως προθύμως προσέξεις τὸν νοῦν τοῖς λόγοις καὶ τοῖς νόμοις καὶ ταῖς μαρτυρίαις.

Answer 40

“But see to it that you concentrate on the arguments and the laws and the evidence.”

Question 41

τοῦτο γὰρ ποιοῦντες, ῥᾳδίως τὴν ψῆφον τίθενται οἱ δικασταί.

Answer 41

“For by doing this the jurors cast their votes easily.”

Question 42

ΣΤΡ. ἀπόλοιντο οἵτινες, δικασταὶ ὄντες, ἐπιλανθάνονται ἃ λέγουσιν οἱ ἀντίδικοι.

Answer 42

STR. “May they perish, whoever are jurors and forget what the contestants say.”

Question 43

ἄν

Answer 43

(used in conditions)

Question 44

εἴθε (+ opt.)

Answer 44

I wish that! would that!

Question 45

ἐπιλανθάνομαι (ἐπιλαθ-) (+ gen.)

Answer 45

forget (+ gen.)

Question 46

καταλέγω (κατειπ- )

Answer 46

recite, list

Question 47

μαρτυρία, ἡ

Answer 47

evidence, witness

Question 48

μνεία, ἡ

Answer 48

mention

Question 49

μνημονεύω

Answer 49

remember

Question 50

ὅπως (+ fut. indic.)

Answer 50

see to it that (+ fut. indic.)

Question 51

πένης, πένητος, ὁ

Answer 51

poor man; (adj.) poor

Question 52

πλούσιος, α, ον

Answer 52

rich, wealthy

Question 53

συγγίγνομαι (συγγεν- ) (+ dat.)

Answer 53

be with, have intercourse with (+ dat).