Section 5A Greek to English

Question 1

ἄιτιος, ᾱ, ον

Answer 1

responsible (for), guilty (of)

Question 2

βαθύς

Answer 2

deep

Question 3

βαρύς

Answer 3

heavy

Question 4

βίος, ὁ

Answer 4

life, means, livelihood

Question 5

γάμος, ὁ

Answer 5

marriage

Question 6

διαλέγομαι

Answer 6

converse

Question 7

δίκη, ἡ

Answer 7

lawsuit; penalty; justice

Question 8

δίκην λαμβάνω (+ παρά + gen.)

Answer 8

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

Question 9

διότι

Answer 9

because

Question 10

δυστυχής

Answer 10

unlucky

Question 11

εἰσφέρω

Answer 11

bring in, carry in

Question 12

ἡδύς

Answer 12

sweet, pleasant

Question 13

ἵππος, ὁ

Answer 13

horse

Question 14

ὅλος, η, ον

Answer 14

whole of

Question 15

οὐδεπώ or οὔπω

Answer 15

not yet

Question 16

ὀφείλω

Answer 16

owe

Question 17

πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ

Answer 17

father

Question 18

σχεδόν

Answer 18

near, nearly; almost

Question 19

τότε

Answer 19

then

Question 20

υἱος, ὁ

Answer 20

son

Question 21

χρήματα, τά

Answer 21

money

Question 22

(ὁ Στρεπσιάδης ὀλοφυρόμενος τυγχάνει διότι πολλὰ χρήματα ὀφείλει.)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

STREPSIADES Alas, alas! O king Zeus!

Question 26

τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν, ὅσον ἐστι·

Answer 26

The length of the nights — how great it is!

Question 27

καὶ οὐδέπω ἡμέρα γίγνεται.

Answer 27

Day is not yet coming.

Question 28

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

Answer 28

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

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Alas unhappy me!

Question 30

ἀλλ’ ὕπνος βαθὺς οὐδέπω μ’ ἔχει.

Answer 30

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

Question 31

ἄγρυπνος δ’ εἰμὶ ὁ δυστυχής.

Answer 31

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

Question 32

ἄγρυπνον δ’ ὄντα με δάκνει τὰ χρέα βαρέα ὄντα.

Answer 32

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

Question 33

χρήματα γὰρ πολλὰ ὀφείλω διὰ τὸν υἱὸν τουτονί, …

Answer 33

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

Question 34

… ὀφείλοντα δέ με διώκουσιν οἱ χρῆσται …

Answer 34

and owing [much money] my creditors pursue me,

Question 35

καὶ δίκην λαμβάνουσιν ἀεί.

Answer 35

and are always exacting their due.

Question 36

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

Answer 36

But I am still sleepless and at a loss.

Question 37

καὶ χθὲς ἄγρυπνος ἦ ἐγώ, σχεδὸν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα.

Answer 37

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

Question 38

ὀλίγον γάρ τινα χρόνον ἐκάθευδον ἐγώ

Answer 38

For I was sleeping for a short while.

Question 39

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

Answer 39

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

Question 40

… καὶ δίκην ἐλάμβανον διὰ τὸν ἐμὸν υἱόν

Answer 40

and kept on exacting their due because of my son.

Question 41

καὶ ἐν ἀπορίᾳ μ’ ὄντα οὐδεὶς ἔσῳζεν, …

Answer 41

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

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

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

Answer 43

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

Question 44

καὶ δὴ καὶ καθεύδων ὀνειροπολεῖ ὁ νεανίας ἵππους.

Answer 44

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

Question 45

καὶ γὰρ ἔτι παῖς ὢν ὠνειροπόλει τοὺς ἵππους.

Answer 45

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

Question 46

ὄμοι. τίς αἴτιος ἦν;

Answer 46

Alas! Who was responsible?

Question 47

αἰτία ἡ γυνή, εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι.

Answer 47

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

Question 48

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

Answer 48

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

Question 49

ὁ οὖν υἱὸς ἀεὶ περὶ ἵππων ἤκουε καὶ ἐμάνθανεν.

Answer 49

So her son always listened and learned about horses.

Question 50

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

Answer 50

But you, just as you are, sleep deeply!

Question 51

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

Answer 51

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

Question 52

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

Answer 52

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

Question 53

ἀεὶ γὰρ ἐδολοιφρούμεθα.

Answer 53

for we were always arguing.

Question 54

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

Answer 54

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

Question 55

ἀεὶ γὰρ πικρὸν ποιεῖ τὸν ἐμὸν βίον ἡ γυνή.

Answer 55

For always my wife makes my life bitter.

Question 56

ἀλλ’ ὡς ἡδὺς ἦν ὁ ἄγροικος βίος.

Answer 56

But how sweet was the country life!

Question 57

ὁ δὲ γάμος ὡς πικρός.

Answer 57

(but) Marriage — how bitter!

Question 58

ἡ γὰρ γύνη ἡ ἐμὴ ἐξ ἄστεως οὗσα τυγχάνει …

Answer 58

For my wife happens to be from the city,

Question 59

… καί, ἀστικὴ οὖσα πολλὴν τὴν δαπάνην εἰσέφερεν.

Answer 59

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

Question 60

αὕτη δ’ ἡ δαπάνη τότ’ ἤδη με διέφθειρεν.

Answer 60

This expense already then was ruining me.

Question 61

καὶ ἔτι καὶ νῦν διαφθείρει.

Answer 61

It is still ruining me even now.

Question 62

ἄιτιος, ᾱ, ον

Answer 62

responsible (for), guilty (of)

Question 63

βαθύς

Answer 63

deep

Question 64

βαρύς

Answer 64

heavy

Question 65

βίος, ὁ

Answer 65

life, means, livelihood

Question 66

γάμος, ὁ

Answer 66

marriage

Question 67

διαλέγομαι

Answer 67

converse

Question 68

δίκη, ἡ

Answer 68

lawsuit; penalty; justice

Question 69

δίκην λαμβάνω (+ παρά + gen.)

Answer 69

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

Question 70

διότι

Answer 70

because

Question 71

δυστυχής

Answer 71

unlucky

Question 72

εἰσφέρω

Answer 72

bring in, carry in

Question 73

ἡδύς

Answer 73

sweet, pleasant

Question 74

ἵππος, ὁ

Answer 74

horse

Question 75

ὅλος, η, ον

Answer 75

whole of

Question 76

οὐδεπώ or οὔπω

Answer 76

not yet

Question 77

ὀφείλω

Answer 77

one

Question 78

πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ

Answer 78

father

Question 79

σχεδόν

Answer 79

near, nearly; almost

Question 80

τότε

Answer 80

then

Question 81

υἱος, ὁ

Answer 81

son

Question 82

χρήματα, τά

Answer 82

money