Section 9A English to Greek

Question 1

play, drama

Answer 1

δρᾶμα, δράματος, τό

Question 2

spectator, member of the audience

Answer 2

θεατής, οῦ, ὁ

Question 3

(In front of the house are two slaves.)

Answer 3

(ἔμπροσθεν τῆς οἰκίας εἰσὶ δοῦλοι δύο.)

Question 4

(They first converse with each other, then with the spectators)

Answer 4

(διαλέγονται πρῶτον μὲν ἀλλήλοις, ἔπειτα τοῖς θεαταῖς.)

Question 5

SOSIAS “Hey you, what is the matter with you” (lit: “what are you suffering?”)

Answer 5

ΣΩΣΙΑΣ οὖτος, τί πάσχεις;

Question 6

“Hey you, what is the matter with you?”

Answer 6

οὗτος, τί πάσχεις;

Question 7

“I’m talking to you, Xanthias.”

Answer 7

σοὶ λέγω, ὦ Ξανθία.

Question 8

XANTHIAS “What’s the shouting?”

Answer 8

ΞΑΝΘΙΑΣ τίς ἡ βοή;

Question 9

“To whom are you speaking, Sosias?”

Answer 9

τίνι λέγεις, Σωσία;

Question 10

“Wanting what do you shout this?”

Answer 10

τί βουλόμενος οὕτω βοᾷς;

Question 11

“You will destroy me by shouting.”

Answer 11

ἀπολεῖς με βοῶν.

Question 12

SOS. “I’m talking to you, unlucky Xanthias, and it’s for your sake that I’m shouting.”

Answer 12

Σ. σοὶ λέγω, ὦ κακοδαίμων Ξανθία, καὶ σοῦ ἕνεκα βοῇ χρῶμαι.

Question 13

“But what are you suffering?”

Answer 13

ἀλλὰ τί πάσχεις;

Question 14

XAN. “I’m sleeping with pleasure.”

Answer 14

Ξ. καθεύδω ἡδέως.

Question 15

SOS. “You’re sleeping?”

Answer 15

Σ. καθεύδεις;

Question 16

“But I would like to say something to you, ill-favored man that you are, and unlucky.”

Answer 16

ἀλλὰ λέγοιμ’ ἂν τί σοι, κακοδαίμονι ἀνθρώπῳ ὄντι, καὶ δυστυχεῖ.

Question 17

XAN. “What would you like to say to me?”

Answer 17

Ξ. τί μοι λέγοις ἄν;

Question 18

SOS. “I’d like to say to you that a great evil will befall you.”

Answer 18

Σ. λέγοιμ’ ἄν ὅτι μέγα κακόν σοι ἐμπεσεῖνται.

Question 19

“For the master will kill you.”

Answer 19

ἀπολεῖ γάρ σε ὁ δεσπότης.

Question 20

“So don’t sleep.”

Answer 20

μὴ οὖν κάθευδε.

Question 21

“Don’t you happen to know what sort of beast we are guarding?”

Answer 21

ἆρ’ οὐ τυγχάνεις εἰδὼς οἷον θηρίον φυλάττομεν;

Question 22

XAN. “I certainly think I know.”

Answer 22

Ξ. δοκῶ γ’ εἰδέναι.

Question 23

SOS. “But these spectators here don’t know.”

Answer 23

Σ. ἀλλ’ οὑτοιὶ οὐκ ἴσασιν οἱ θεαταί.

Question 24

“So tell the story of the play to the spectators, who are many.”

Answer 24

κάτειπε οὖν τὸν τοῦ δράματος λόγον τοῖς θεαταῖς, πολλοῖς δὴ οὖσιν.

Question 25

XAN. “All right, I’ll tell the large number of spectators the story of our play.”

Answer 25

Ξ. καὶ δὴ καταλέξω τῷ τῶν θεατῶν πλήθει τὸν τοῦ ἡμετέρου δράματος λόγον.

Question 26

play, drama

Answer 26

δρᾶμα, δράματος, τό

Question 27

spectator, member of the audience

Answer 27

θεατής, οῦ, ὁ