Section 5D English to Greek Flashcards
unjust
ἄδικος, ον
tomorrow
αὔριον
at least (denotes some sort of reservation)
γε
receive
δέχομαι
teach
διδάσκω
just
δίκαιος, ᾱ, ον
enter
εἰσέρχομαι
inside
ἔνδον
moreover
καὶ δὴ καί
knock (on), cut
κόπτω
argument; word, speech; story, tale; reason
λόγος, ὁ
student
μαθητής, ὁ
neither … nor
οὔτε … οὔτε
persuade
πείθω
wise, clever
σοφός, ή, όν
STREPSIADES Now look over there
ΣΤΡΕΨ. (takes him out and points to a building across the road) δεῦρό νυν ἀπόβλεπε.
Do you see this door and the little house?
ὁρᾷς τὸ θύριον τοῦτο καὶ τὸ οἰκίδιον;
PHEIDIPPIDES I see it. What is this, father?
ΦΕΙΔ. ὁρῶ. τί οὖν τοῦτό ἐστιν,ὦ πάτερ;
This is the thinkery of the wise souls.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. ψυχῶν σοφῶν τοῦτό ἐστι φρονφιστήριον.
Inside live wise men, …
ἔνδον ἐνοικοῦσιν ἄνδρες σοφοί, …
and speaking they persuade their pupils that heaven is a bell-oven …
… λέγοντες δὲ πείθουσι τοὺς μαθητὰς ὡς ὁ οὐρανός ἐστι πνιγεύς, …
and this bell-oven is around us …
… καὶ ἔστιν ὁ πνιγεὺς οὗτος περὶ ἡμᾶς, …
and we are the coals.
… ἡμεῖς δ’ οἱ ἄνθρακές ἐσμεν.
These men persuade their pupils,
πείθουσι τοὺς μαθητὰς οἱ ἄνδρες οὗτοι, …
always teaching and receiving a lot of money.
διδάσκοντες ἀεὶ καὶ χρήματα πολλὰ δεχόμενοι.
And by Zeus not one of them will stop receiving much money from their pupils.
καὶ νὴ Δία οὐ παύσεται οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν χρήματα πολλὰ δεχόμενος παρὰ τῶν μαθητῶν.
PHEI. But what do the men teach?
ΦΕΙΔ. ἀλλὰ τί διδάσκουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες;
What will young men learn, becoming [their] pupils?
τί μαθήσονται οἱ νεανίαι, μαθηταὶ ὄντες;
STR. The pupils will learn arguments.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. λόγους μαθήσονται οἱ μαθηταί.
PHEI. Which arguments do you mean, Father?
ΦΕΙΔ. τίνας λόγους λέγεις, ὦ πάτερ;
STR. Which? I mean the just and the unjust argument.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. τίνας; τὸν δίκαιον καὶ τὸν ἄδικον λόγον λέγω.
PHEI. So the students will learn these arguments?
ΦΕΙΔ. τούτους οὖν τοὺς λόγους μαθήσονται οἱ μαθηταί;
STR. [Yes], by Zeus.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. νὴ τὸν Δία.
And what’s more in lawsuits they will always defeat their opponents.
καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐν ταῖς δίκαις τοὺς ἀντιδίκους νικήσουσιν ἀεί.
PHEI. Who are these men?
ΦΕΙΔ. εἰσὶν δὲ τίνες οἱ ἄνδρες οὗτοι;
What is the name of the men?
τί τὸ ὄνομα τῶν ἀνδρῶν;
STR. I do not know the name.
ΣΤΡΕΨ. οὐκ οἶδα τὸ ὄνομα.