Section 9D Greek to English Flashcards
ἄναξ, ἄνακτος, ὁ
prince, lord, king
ἐνταῦθα
there, here, at this point
μέλας, μέλαινα, μέλαν
black
τάλας, τάλαινα, τάλαν
wretched, unhappy
ΒΔΕΛΥΚΛΕΩΝ (βοᾷ τοῖς δούλοις ἀπὸ τοῦ τέγους)
(He shouts to the slaves from the roof.)
ὦ Ξανθια καὶ Σωσία, καθεύδετε;
BDELYKLEON “Xanthias and Sosias, are you asleep?”
ΞΑΝΘ. οἴμοι, τάλας.
XANTHIAS “O dear, poor me!”
ΣΩΣΙΑΣ τί ἐστιν;
SOSIAS “What is it?”
ΞΑΝΘ. ὁ δεσπότης οὐκέτι καθεύδει ἀλλ’ ἀνίσταται ἤδη καὶ βοῇ χρῆται.
XAN. “The master is no longer sleeping, but is already standing and shouting.”
ΣΩΣΙΑΣ ἀλλὰ τίσι λέγει ὁ ἀνήρ;
SOS. “But to whom is the man speaking?”
ΞΑΝΘ. λέγει τι ἡμῖν ὁ Βδελυκλέων, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ.
XAN. “Bdelykleon is saying something to us, as it seems to me.”
καὶ ἡμῖν καθεύδουσιν ἐντυχὼν ἀπολεῖ ὁ δεσπότης.
“And our master, on happening upon us sleeping, will destroy [us].”
ΣΩΣΙΑΣ κἀμοὶ δοκεῖ λέγειν τι, Ξανθία.
SOS. “He seems to me to be saying something, Xanthias.”
ἀλλὰ τί βουλόμενος ἀνίστασαι, ὦ δέσποτα;
“But what makes you stand up, master?” [lit.: “wanting what are you standing up?”]
ΒΔΕΛ. (pointing inside the house) ὅ τι; λόγῳ μὲν ὁ πατὴρ ἡσυχάζει, Σωσία, ἔργῳ δὲ βούλεται ἐξιέναι.
BDEL. “What (need)?” “In theory my father is quiet, Sosias, but in practice he wants to go out.”
καὶ ἀεὶ τόλμῃ χρῆται ὁ πατὴρ ἐξιέναι βουλόμενος.
“And my father always uses audacity when he wants to go out.”
νῦν δέ, ὡς ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ, ὁ πατὴρ εἰς τὸν ἰπνὸν εἰσελθῶν ὀπήν τινα ζητεῖ πολλῇ σπουδῇ.
“But now, as it seems to me at any rate, my father, having gone into the oven, is making a hole with great zeal.”
(looking at the chimney) ἄναξ Πόσειδον, τί ποτ’ ἄρ’ ἡ κάπνη ψοφεῖ;
“Lord Poseidon, whatever noise is the chimney making?”
(ἐκ τῆς κάπνης ἔρχεται ὁ Φιλοκλέων)
(Philkleon emerges from the smoke)
οὗτος τίς εἶ σύ;
“You, who are you?”
ΦΙΛΟΚΛΕΩΝ (emerging from the chimney) καπνὸς ἔγωγε ἐξέρχομαι.
PHILOKLEON “Me, I’m smoke coming out.”
ΒΔΕΛ. καπνός; ἀλλὰ καπνῷ μὲν ἐξιόντι οὑχ ὅμοιος εἶ, ὡς ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ, Φιλοκλέωνι δ’ ὁμοιότερος.
BDEL. “Smoke? But you are not like smoke coming out, as it seems to me, but more like Philokleon.”
τί δέ σοι δοκεῖ, Ξανθία;
“What do you think, Xanthias?”
ΞΑΝΘ. οὐδενὶ ὁμοιότερος εἶναι μοι δοκεῖ ἢ τῷ Φιλοκλέωνι, ὦ δέσποτα.
XAN. “He seems to me to be more like (to) no one than (to) Philokleon, master.”
ΒΔΕΛ. (puts the cover back on the chimney) ἐνταῦθά νυν ζήτει τιν’ ἄλλην μηχανήν.
BDEL. “Here now, look for some other scheme.”
ἄναξ, ἄνακτος, ὁ
prince, lord, king
ἐνταῦθα
there, here, at this point
μέλας, μέλαινα, μέλαν
black
τάλας, τάλαινα, τάλαν
wretched, unhappy
