Section 9B English to Greek

Question 1

up, above

Answer 1

ἄνω

Question 2

quiet, peaceful

Answer 2

ἥσυχος, ον

Question 3

wicked, wretched

Answer 3

πονηρός, ᾱ, όν

Question 4

this kind, of such a kind

Answer 4

τοιοῦτος, τοιαύτη, τοιοῦτο(ν)

Question 5

come!

Answer 5

φέφε

Question 6

XANTHIAS “That is our master there, who is sleeping peacefully above.”

Answer 6

Ξ. ἔστιν γὰρ ἡμῖν δεσπότης ἐκεινοσί, ὁ ἄνω ἥσυχος καθεύδων.

Question 7

“Can’t you see him sleeping?”

Answer 7

ἆρ’ οὐχ ὁρᾶτε αὐτὸν καθεύδοντα;

Question 8

“So we have this master here.”

Answer 8

(points up to the roof) ἔστι μὲν οὖν ἡμῖν δεσπότης οὗτος.

Question 9

“But the master has a very old father.”

Answer 9

τῷ δὲ δεσπότῃ πατήρ ἐστι πάνω γέρων.

Question 10

“The master ordered us to guard his father, …

Answer 10

ὁ δὲ δεσπότης ἡμᾶς ἐκέλευε φυλάττειν τὸν πατέρα, …

Question 11

… and we obeyed his orders.”

Answer 11

κελεύοντι δὲ ἐπιθόμεθα.

Question 12

“For the master fell into perplexity about his father, …

Answer 12

ἐν γὰρ ἀπορίᾳ ἐνέπεσεν ὁ δεσπότης περὶ τοῦ πατρός, …

Question 13

… since he knew that he was more wicked than the others in the city, and responsible for many evils.”

Answer 13

… ἐπειδὴ ἔγνω αὐτὸν πονηρότερον ὄντα τῶν ἄλλων ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ αἴτιον κακῶν πολλῶν.

Question 14

“For the master’s father has a certain illness.”

Answer 14

ἔστι γὰρ τῷ πατρὶ τῷ τοῦ δεσπότου νόσος τις.

Question 15

“So I ask you, spectators, what happens to be the name of this illness?”

Answer 15

ἐρωτῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ὦ θεαταί, τί τυγχάνει ὂν τὸ ὄνομα ταύτῃ τῇ νόσῳ;

Question 16

“Answer us (who do the) asking.”

Answer 16

ὑμεῖς δ’ ἀποκρίνεσθε ἡμὶν ἐρωτῶσιν.

Question 17

“Come now, what does this man say?”

Answer 17

(appeals to the audience for suggestions) φέρε νυν· τί φησιν οὗτος;

Question 18

SOSIAS “He in answering us thinks that the old man is ‘a lover of dice.’”

Answer 18

Σ. οὑτοισὶ μὲν ἡμῖν ἀποκρινόμενος “φιλόκυβον” ἡγεῖται τὸν γέροντα.

Question 19

“But I say to the man that it is clear that he is speaking nonsense, answering such things.”

Answer 19

ἀλλὰ λέγω τῷ ἀνδρὶ ὅτι δῆλός ἐστιν οὐδὲν λέγων, τοιαῦτα ἀποκρινόμενος.

Question 20

“Nonetheless ‘love-’ is the beginning of this evil.”

Answer 20

οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ “φιλο” μέν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρχὴ τοῦ κακοῦ.

Question 21

XAN. “Yes, the old man loves something.”

Answer 21

Ξ. φιλεῖ γάρ τι ὁ γέρων.

Question 22

“But what does this [other] man say?”

Answer 22

ἀλλὰ τί φησιν οὗτος;

Question 23

SOS. “This man answers me, who asked, that he thinks the father is a ‘lover of sacrifices’ or a ‘lover of strangers.’

Answer 23

Σ. οὗτος δέ μοι ἐρομένῳ ἀποκρίνεται ὅτι “φιλοθύτην” ἢ “φιλόξενον” νομίζει τὸν πατέρα εἶναι.

Question 24

XAN. “By the dog, old fellow, he is not a lover of strangers (philoxenos), since Philoxenos, at any rate, is a pederast.”

Answer 24

Ξ. μὰ τὸν κύνα, ὦ τᾶν, οὐ φιλόξενος, ἐπεὶ καταπύγων ἐστὶν ὅ γε Φιλόξενος.

Question 25

up, above

Answer 25

ἄνω

Question 26

quiet, peaceful

Answer 26

ἥσυχος, ον

Question 27

wicked, wretched

Answer 27

πονηρός, ᾱ, όν

Question 28

this kind, of such a kind

Answer 28

τοιοῦτος, τοιαύτη, τοιοῦτο(ν)

Question 29

come!

Answer 29

φέφε