Section 9B Greek to English

Question 1

ἄνω

Answer 1

up, above

Question 2

ἥσυχος, ον

Answer 2

quiet, peaceful

Question 3

ὄνομα, ὀνόματος, τό

Answer 3

name

Question 4

πονηρός, ᾱ, όν

Answer 4

wicked, wretched

Question 5

τοιοῦτος, τοιαύτη, τοιοῦτο(ν)

Answer 5

this kind, of such a kind

Question 6

φέφε

Answer 6

come!

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

ἆρ’ οὐχ ὁρᾶτε αὐτὸν καθεύδοντα;

Answer 8

“Can’t you see him sleeping?”

Question 9

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

Answer 9

“So we have this master here.”

Question 10

τῷ δὲ δεσπότῃ πατήρ ἐστι πάνω γέρων.

Answer 10

“But the master has a very old father.”

Question 11

ὁ δὲ δεσπότης ἡμᾶς ἐκέλευε φυλάττειν τὸν πατέρα, …

Answer 11

“The master ordered us to guard his father, …

Question 12

κελεύοντι δὲ ἐπιθόμεθα.

Answer 12

… and we obeyed his orders.”

Question 13

ἐν γὰρ ἀπορίᾳ ἐνέπεσεν ὁ δεσπότης περὶ τοῦ πατρός, …

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

Question 15

ἔστι γὰρ τῷ πατρὶ τῷ τοῦ δεσπότου νόσος τις.

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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

Question 17

ὑμεῖς δ’ ἀποκρίνεσθε ἡμὶν ἐρωτῶσιν.

Answer 17

“Answer us (who do the) asking.”

Question 18

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

Answer 18

“Come now, what does this man say?”

Question 19

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

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Question 21

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

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Ξ. φιλεῖ γάρ τι ὁ γέρων.

Answer 22

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

Question 23

ἀλλὰ τί φησιν οὗτος;

Answer 23

“But what does this [other] man say?”

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

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

Question 26

ἄνω

Answer 26

up, above

Question 27

ἥσυχος, ον

Answer 27

quiet, peaceful

Question 28

ὄνομα, ὀνόματος, τό

Answer 28

name

Question 29

πονηρός, ᾱ, όν

Answer 29

wicked, wretched

Question 30

τοιοῦτος, τοιαύτη, τοιοῦτο(ν)

Answer 30

this kind, of such a kind

Question 31

φέφε

Answer 31

come!