Section 9A Greek to English

Question 1

δρᾶμα, δράματος, τό

Answer 1

play, drama

Question 2

θεατής, οῦ, ὁ

Answer 2

spectator, member of the audience

Question 3

(ἔμπροσθεν τῆς οἰκίας εἰσὶ δοῦλοι δύο.)

Answer 3

(In front of the house are two slaves.)

Question 4

(διαλέγονται πρῶτον μὲν ἀλλήλοις, ἔπειτα τοῖς θεαταῖς.)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

ΣΩΣΙΑΣ οὖτος, τί πάσχεις;

Answer 5

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

Question 6

οὗτος, τί πάσχεις;

Answer 6

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

Question 7

σοὶ λέγω, ὦ Ξανθία.

Answer 7

“I’m talking to you, Xanthias.”

Question 8

ΞΑΝΘΙΑΣ τίς ἡ βοή;

Answer 8

XANTHIAS “What’s the shouting?”

Question 9

τίνι λέγεις, Σωσία;

Answer 9

“To whom are you speaking, Sosias?”

Question 10

τί βουλόμενος οὕτω βοᾷς;

Answer 10

“Wanting what do you shout this?”

Question 11

ἀπολεῖς με βοῶν.

Answer 11

“You will destroy me by shouting.”

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

ἀλλὰ τί πάσχεις;

Answer 13

“But what are you suffering?”

Question 14

Ξ. καθεύδω ἡδέως.

Answer 14

XAN. “I’m sleeping with pleasure.”

Question 15

Σ. καθεύδεις;

Answer 15

SOS. “You’re sleeping?”

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Ξ. τί μοι λέγοις ἄν;

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Σ. λέγοιμ’ ἄν ὅτι μέγα κακόν σοι ἐμπεσεῖνται.

Answer 18

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

Question 19

ἀπολεῖ γάρ σε ὁ δεσπότης.

Answer 19

“For the master will kill you.”

Question 20

μὴ οὖν κάθευδε.

Answer 20

“So don’t sleep.”

Question 21

ἆρ’ οὐ τυγχάνεις εἰδὼς οἷον θηρίον φυλάττομεν;

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Ξ. δοκῶ γ’ εἰδέναι.

Answer 22

XAN. “I certainly think I know.”

Question 23

Σ. ἀλλ’ οὑτοιὶ οὐκ ἴσασιν οἱ θεαταί.

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

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

Question 26

δρᾶμα, δράματος, τό

Answer 26

play, drama

Question 27

θεατής, οῦ, ὁ

Answer 27

spectator, member of the audience