Section 9I English to Greek

Question 1

take, capture; convict

Answer 1

αἱρέω (ἑλ- )

Question 2

ask (for)

Answer 2

αἰτέω

Question 3

both

Answer 3

ἀμφότεροι, αι, α

Question 4

speech in one’s own defense

Answer 4

ἀπολογία, ἡ

Question 5

begin (+ gen.); begin to (+ part. or inf.)

Answer 5

ἄρχομαι (+ gen.)

Question 6

again, moreover

Answer 6

αὖ

Question 7

hope, expect (+ fut. inf.)

Answer 7

ἐλπίζω

Question 8

death

Answer 8

θάνατος, ὁ

Question 9

condemn, convict (X in gen. / on charge of y in acc.)

Answer 9

καταδικάζω

Question 10

thief

Answer 10

κλέπτης, ὁ

Question 11

child; slave

Answer 11

παιδίον, τό

Question 12

from (+ gen.)

Answer 12

παρά (+ gen.)

Question 13

hit, chance, happen upon, be subject to (+ gen.); happen to be, be actually (+ part.)

Answer 13

τυγχάνω (τυχ- )

Question 14

steal, take for oneself by stealth

Answer 14

ὑφαιρέομαι

Question 15

(Bdelykleon speaks, beginning the defense.)

Answer 15

(ὁ Βδελυκλέων, τῆς ἀπολογίας ἀρχόμενος, λέγει)

Question 16

BDELYKLEON “It is difficult, gentlemen, to reply on behalf of a dog who has met with such a great slander, but none the less I shall speak.”

Answer 16

ΒΔΕΛ. χαλεπὸν μέν, ὧνδρες, ἐστὶν ὑπὲρ κυνὸς τοσαύτης διαβολῆς τυχόντος ἀποκρίνασθαι, λέξω δ’ ὅμως.

Question 17

“For I know that he is good and chases wolves.”

Answer 17

γίγνώσκω γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν ὄντα καὶ διώκοντα τοὺς λύκους.

Question 18

PHILOKLEON “No, rather this one seems to me to be a thief and worthy of death.”

Answer 18

ΦΙΛ. (dissenting) κλέπτης μὲν οὖν οὗτος γ’ εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ καὶ ἄξιος θανάτου.

Question 19

“So I must convict him as a thief, and having convicted him, judge another case as well.”

Answer 19

δεῖ οὖν με ἑλεῖν αὐτὸν κλέψαντα, ἑλόντα δ’ ἑτέραν αὖ δίκην δικάζειν.

Question 20

BDEL. “By Zeus, but he is the best of all dogs now [alive], since he is able to guard many sheep.”

Answer 20

ΒΔΕΛ. μὰ Δί’, ἀλλ’ ἄριστός ἐστι πάντων τῶν νυνὶ κυνῶν, ἐπειδὴ οἷός τ’ ἐστὶ πολλὰ πρόβατα φυλάττειν.

Question 21

PHIL. “So what is the use, if he steals the cheese and, having stolen it, eats it up.”

Answer 21

ΦΙΛ. τί οὖν ὄφελος, εἰ τὸν τυρὸν ὑφαιρεῖται, ὑφελόμενος δὲ κατεσθίει;

Question 22

BDEL. “What use? For he also guards the door.”

Answer 22

ΒΔΕΛ. ὅ τι; φυλάττει γὰρ καὶ τὴν θύραν.

Question 23

“But if he stole the cheese, forgive him.”

Answer 23

εἰ δ’ ὑφείλετο τόν τυρόν, συγγνώμην ἔχετε.

Question 24

“For he does not know how to play the lyre.” [i.e. “He’s not refined.”]

Answer 24

κιθαρίζειν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπίσταται.

Question 25

“Listen, my good fellow, to the witnesses.”

Answer 25

ἄκουσον, ὦ δαιμόνιε, τῶν μαρτύρων.

Question 26

“Come up, cheese-grater, and speak loudly.”

Answer 26

ἀνάβηθι, τυρόκνηστι, καὶ λέξον μέγα.

Question 27

“For you happened to be guarding the cheese.”

Answer 27

σὺ γὰρ τὸν τυρὸν φυλάττουσα ἔτυχες.

Question 28

(The cheese-grater comes up.)

Answer 28

(ανίσταται ἡ τυρόκνηστις)

Question 29

“Answer clearly; did you grate the cheese for both the dogs?”

Answer 29

ἀπόκριναι σαφῶς· ἆρα κατέκνησας τὸν τυρὸν ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς κυσίν;

Question 30

(to the court) “She says that she grated all (of it) for both (of them).”

Answer 30

(bends his head towards the grater and pretends to listen) λέγει ὅτι πάντα κατέκνησεν ἀμφοτέροις.

Question 31

PHIL. “By Zeus, but I know she is lying.”

Answer 31

ΦΙΛ. νὴ Δία, ἀλλὰ γιγνώσκω αὐτὴν ψευδομένην.

Question 32

BDEL. “But, good fellow, pity those who suffer evil things.”

Answer 32

ΒΔΕΛ (pleading) ἀλλ’ ὦ δαιμόνιε, οἴκτιρε τοὺς κακὰ πάσχοντας.

Question 33

“For this Labes never stays in the house, but goes out of the house looking for food.”

Answer 33

οὗτος γὰρ ὁ Λάβης οὐδέποτε ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μένει, ἀλλὰ τὰ σιτία ζητῶν ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας ἐξέρχεται.

Question 34

“But the other dog only guards the house.”

Answer 34

ὁ δ’ ἕτερος κύων τὴν οἰκίαν φυλάττει μόνον.

Question 35

“For by staying here he hopes to steal the food from the others.”

Answer 35

ἐνθάδε γὰρ μένων ἐλπίζει τὰ σιτία ὑφαιρήσεσθαι παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων.

Question 36

“And when he steals nothing, he bites.”

Answer 36

́καὶ ὑφελόμενος μηδέν, δάκνει.

Question 37

PHIL. “Arghh! Whatever evil is this?”

Answer 37

ΦΙΛ. (feels his resolve weakening) αἰβοῖ· τί κακόν πότ’ ἐστι τόδε;

Question 38

“An evil surrounds me, and the speaker persuades me with his words.”

Answer 38

κακόν τι περιβαίνει με, καὶ ὁ λέγων με πείθει τοῖς λόγοις.

Question 39

BDEL. “Come, I bet you, pity him, Father, who has suffered evil things, and acquit him.”

Answer 39

ΒΔΕΛ. (still pleading) ἰθ’ ἀντιβολῶ σε, οἰτίρατε αὐτόν, ὦ πάτερ, κακὰ παθόντα, καὶ ἀπολύσατε.

Question 40

“Where are the children?”

Answer 40

ποῦ τὰ παιδία;

Question 41

“Come up, wretched ones, ask and plead weeping.”

Answer 41

ἀναβαινετε, ὦ πονηρά, αἰτεῖτε καὶ ἀντιβολεῖτε δακρύοντα.

Question 42

PHIL. “Get down, get down, get down, get down.”

Answer 42

ΦΙΛ. (exasperated) κατάβηθι, κατάβηθι, κατάβηθι, κατάβηθι.

Question 43

BDEL. “I shall get down.”

Answer 43

ΒΔΕΛ. καταβήσομαι.

Question 44

“And yet, this ‘get down’ deceives many very much.”

Answer 44

καίτοι τὸ ‘κατάβηθι’ τοῦτο πολλοὺς δὴ πάνυ ἐξαπατᾷ.

Question 45

“For the jurors order the defendant to get down, then when he has got down, they find him guilty.”

Answer 45

οἱ γὰρ δικασταὶ τὸν φεύγοντα καταβῆναι κελεύουσιν, εἶτα καταβάντος αὐτοῦ καταδικ́αζουσιν.

Question 46

“But none the less I shall get down.”

Answer 46

ἀτὰρ ὅμως καταβήσομαι.

Question 47

take, capture; convict

Answer 47

αἱρέω (ἑλ- )

Question 48

ask (for)

Answer 48

αἰτέω

Question 49

both

Answer 49

ἀμφότεροι, αι, α

Question 50

speech in one’s own defense

Answer 50

ἀπολογία, ἡ

Question 51

begin (+ gen.); begin to (+ part. or inf.)

Answer 51

ἄρχομαι (+ gen.)

Question 52

again, moreover

Answer 52

αὖ

Question 53

hope, expect (+ fut. inf.)

Answer 53

ἐλπίζω

Question 54

death

Answer 54

θάνατος, ὁ

Question 55

condemn, convict (X in gen. / on charge of y in acc.)

Answer 55

καταδικάζω

Question 56

thief

Answer 56

κλέπτης, ὁ

Question 57

child; slave

Answer 57

παιδίον, τό

Question 58

, from (+ gen.)

Answer 58

παρά (+ gen.)

Question 59

hit, chance, happen upon, be subject to (+ gen.); happen to be, be actually (+ part.)

Answer 59

τυγχάνω (τυχ- )

Question 60

steal, take for oneself by stealth

Answer 60

ὑφαιρέομαι