Section 5A English to Greek

Question 1

responsible (for), guilty (of)

Answer 1

ἄιτιος, ᾱ, ον

Question 2

deep

Answer 2

βαθύς

Question 3

heavy

Answer 3

βαρύς

Question 4

life, means, livelihood

Answer 4

βίος, ὁ

Question 5

marriage

Answer 5

γάμος, ὁ

Question 6

converse

Answer 6

διαλέγομαι

Question 7

lawsuit; penalty; justice

Answer 7

δίκη, ἡ

Question 8

exact one’s due; punish (+ παρά + gen.)

Answer 8

δίκην λαμβάνω (+ παρά + gen.)

Question 9

because

Answer 9

διότι

Question 10

unlucky

Answer 10

δυστυχής

Question 11

bring in, carry in

Answer 11

εἰσφέρω

Question 12

sweet, pleasant

Answer 12

ἡδύς

Question 13

horse

Answer 13

ἵππος, ὁ

Question 14

whole of

Answer 14

ὅλος, η, ον

Question 15

not yet

Answer 15

οὐδεπώ or οὔπω

Question 16

owe

Answer 16

ὀφείλω

Question 17

father

Answer 17

πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ

Question 18

near, nearly; almost

Answer 18

σχεδόν

Question 19

then

Answer 19

τότε

Question 20

son

Answer 20

υἱος, ὁ

Question 21

money

Answer 21

χρήματα, τά

Question 22

(Strepsiades happens to be lamenting because he owes a lot of money.)

Answer 22

(ὁ Στρεπσιάδης ὀλοφυρόμενος τυγχάνει διότι πολλὰ χρήματα ὀφείλει.)

Question 23

(For his son, being horse-mad, always takes much money.)

Answer 23

(ὁ γὰρ υἱός, ἱππομανὴς ὤν, πολλὰ χρήματα ἀεὶ λαμβάνει.)

Question 24

(Now the son happens to be sleeping deeply, but the father cannot sleep) (lit.: sleep does not hold the father)

Answer 24

(νῦν δὲ τυγχάνει βαθέως καθεύδων ὁ υἱός, ὕπνος δ’ οὐκ ἔχει τὸν πατέρα.)

Question 25

STREPSIADES Alas, alas! O king Zeus!

Answer 25

ΣΤΡΕΠΨΙΑΔΗΣ (yawning and groaning) ἰοὺ ἰού. ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ.

Question 26

The length of the nights — how great it is!

Answer 26

τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν, ὅσον ἐστι·

Question 27

Day is not yet coming.

Answer 27

καὶ οὐδέπω ἡμέρα γίγνεται.

Question 28

See! My son is sleeping deeply and does not cease sleeping.

Answer 28

(turns round as he hears some loud snores) ἰδού, βαθέως καθεύδει ὁ υἱὸς καὶ οὐ παύεται καθεύδων.

Question 29

Alas unhappy me!

Answer 29

(lies down again to try to sleep) οἴμοι τάλας.

Question 30

Deep sleep does not yet come to (lit. “hold”) me.

Answer 30

ἀλλ’ ὕπνος βαθὺς οὐδέπω μ’ ἔχει.

Question 31

I, unfortunate (as I am), am sleepless.

Answer 31

ἄγρυπνος δ’ εἰμὶ ὁ δυστυχής.

Question 32

While I am sleepless, my debts, which are heavy, worry me.

Answer 32

ἄγρυπνον δ’ ὄντα με δάκνει τὰ χρέα βαρέα ὄντα.

Question 33

For I owe much money because of this son of mine here,

Answer 33

χρήματα γὰρ πολλὰ ὀφείλω διὰ τὸν υἱὸν τουτονί, …

Question 34

and owing [much money] my creditors pursue me,

Answer 34

… ὀφείλοντα δέ με διώκουσιν οἱ χρῆσται …

Question 35

and are always exacting their due.

Answer 35

καὶ δίκην λαμβάνουσιν ἀεί.

Question 36

But I am still sleepless and at a loss.

Answer 36

(again tries to sleep) ἀλλ’ ἔτι ἄγρυπνός εἰμι, καὶ ἀπορῶ.

Question 37

And yesterday I was sleepless, for almost the whole night.

Answer 37

καὶ χθὲς ἄγρυπνος ἦ ἐγώ, σχεδὸν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα.

Question 38

For I was sleeping for a short while.

Answer 38

ὀλίγον γάρ τινα χρόνον ἐκάθευδον ἐγώ

Question 39

But when I was sleeping, then my creditors kept on pursuing me in my dreams,

Answer 39

ἀλλ’ ὅτε ἐκάθευδον, τότε ἐν τοῖς ὀνείροις ἐδίωκόν με οἱ χρῆσται …

Question 40

and kept on exacting their due because of my son.

Answer 40

… καὶ δίκην ἐλάμβανον διὰ τὸν ἐμὸν υἱόν

Question 41

And while I was at a loss, nobody was saving me,

Answer 41

καὶ ἐν ἀπορίᾳ μ’ ὄντα οὐδεὶς ἔσῳζεν, …

Question 42

but for the whole night I was always escaping from these lawsuits,

Answer 42

… ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ μὲν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα τὰς δίκας ταύτας ἀεὶ ἔφευγον, …

Question 43

and this son of mine kept taking lot of money because he was horse-mad.

Answer 43

ὁ δ’ υἱὸς οὑτοσὶ χρήματα πολλὰ ἀεὶ ἐλάμβανεν, ἱππομανὴς ὤν.

Question 44

And moreover even when sleeping the young man dreams of horses.

Answer 44

καὶ δὴ καὶ καθεύδων ὀνειροπολεῖ ὁ νεανίας ἵππους.

Question 45

Yes, certainly, even when a boy he kept dreaming of horses.

Answer 45

καὶ γὰρ ἔτι παῖς ὢν ὠνειροπόλει τοὺς ἵππους.

Question 46

Alas! Who was responsible?

Answer 46

ὄμοι. τίς αἴτιος ἦν;

Question 47

My wife [was] responsible, I know that well.

Answer 47

αἰτία ἡ γυνή, εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι.

Question 48

For she (that one) always used to take her son and talk to him about horses.

Answer 48

ἐκείνη γὰρ ἀεὶ τὸν ὑιὸν ἐλάμβανε καὶ διελέγετο περὶ τῶν ἵππων.

Question 49

So her son always listened and learned about horses.

Answer 49

ὁ οὖν υἱὸς ἀεὶ περὶ ἵππων ἤκουε καὶ ἐμάνθανεν.

Question 50

But you, just as you are, sleep deeply!

Answer 50

(a loud snore is heard from his son.) σὺ δέ, ὤσπερ ἔχεις, βαθέως κάθευδε·

Question 51

For the debts, as you well know, fall (lit. “turn”) on my head.

Answer 51

τὰ γὰρ χρέα, εὖ οἶσθ’ ὅτι, εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν τὴν ἐμὴν τρέπεται, οἴμοι.

Question 52

Alas! We never stopped arguing about the boy, my wife and I:

Answer 52

οὐ γὰρ ἐπαυόμεθα οὐδέποτ’ ἐγώ τε καὶ ἡ γυνὴ περὶ τοῦ παιδὸς λοδοιρούμενοι·

Question 53

for we were always arguing.

Answer 53

ἀεὶ γὰρ ἐδολοιφρούμεθα.

Question 54

But, O king Zeus! Why do you make marriages so bitter?

Answer 54

ἀλλ’ ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, διὰ τί τοὺς γάμους οὕτω πικροὺς ποιεῖς;

Question 55

For always my wife makes my life bitter.

Answer 55

ἀεὶ γὰρ πικρὸν ποιεῖ τὸν ἐμὸν βίον ἡ γυνή.

Question 56

But how sweet was the country life!

Answer 56

ἀλλ’ ὡς ἡδὺς ἦν ὁ ἄγροικος βίος.

Question 57

(but) Marriage — how bitter!

Answer 57

ὁ δὲ γάμος ὡς πικρός.

Question 58

For my wife happens to be from the city,

Answer 58

ἡ γὰρ γύνη ἡ ἐμὴ ἐξ ἄστεως οὗσα τυγχάνει …

Question 59

and being a city woman she started to bring in much expense.

Answer 59

… καί, ἀστικὴ οὖσα πολλὴν τὴν δαπάνην εἰσέφερεν.

Question 60

This expense already then was ruining me.

Answer 60

αὕτη δ’ ἡ δαπάνη τότ’ ἤδη με διέφθειρεν.

Question 61

It is still ruining me even now.

Answer 61

καὶ ἔτι καὶ νῦν διαφθείρει.

Question 62

responsible (for), guilty (of)

Answer 62

ἄιτιος, ᾱ, ον

Question 63

deep

Answer 63

βαθύς

Question 64

heavy

Answer 64

βαρύς

Question 65

life, means, livelihood

Answer 65

βίος, ὁ

Question 66

marriage

Answer 66

γάμος, ὁ

Question 67

converse

Answer 67

διαλέγομαι

Question 68

lawsuit; penalty; justice

Answer 68

δίκη, ἡ

Question 69

exact one’s due; punish (+ παρά + gen.)

Answer 69

δίκην λαμβάνω (+ παρά + gen.)

Question 70

because

Answer 70

διότι

Question 71

unlucky

Answer 71

δυστυχής

Question 72

bring in, carry in

Answer 72

εἰσφέρω

Question 73

sweet, pleasant

Answer 73

ἡδύς

Question 74

horse

Answer 74

ἵππος, ὁ

Question 75

whole of

Answer 75

ὅλος, η, ον

Question 76

not yet

Answer 76

οὐδεπώ or οὔπω

Question 77

one

Answer 77

ὀφείλω

Question 78

father

Answer 78

πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ

Question 79

near, nearly; almost

Answer 79

σχεδόν

Question 80

then

Answer 80

τότε

Question 81

son

Answer 81

υἱος, ὁ

Question 82

money

Answer 82

χρήματα, τά