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Ἑλληνική – 2017-05-26

From Wikipedia:

Match the sentences:

ἙλληνικήEnglish
Ὅμηρός τε καὶ Ἡσίοδος ταὐτὰ λέγετον. The boat arrived in which we had (earlier) been drinking.
πολλά γε ἔτη ἤδη εἰμὶ ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ You are always saying the same things, Socrates!
τὸ πλοῖον ἧκεν ἐν ᾧ ἐπῑ́νομεν He hurls himself at him and wounds him.
ὄμνυμι πάντας θεούς “O Socrates”, he said, “have you woken up, or are you sleeping?”
τὸν ἄνδρα ὁρῶ I swear by all the gods!
ἀεὶ ταὐτὰ λέγεις, ὦ Σώκρατες I see the man!
“ὦ Σώκρατες,” ἔφη, “ἐγρήγορας ἢ καθεύδεις;” Homer and Hesiod both say the same things.
ῑ̔́ετο ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ τιτρώσκει I have been (lit. I am) in the business for many years now.
Correct answers:
ἙλληνικήEnglish
Ὅμηρός τε καὶ Ἡσίοδος ταὐτὰ λέγετον.Homer and Hesiod both say the same things.
πολλά γε ἔτη ἤδη εἰμὶ ἐν τῇ τέχνῃI have been (lit. I am) in the business for many years now.
τὸ πλοῖον ἧκεν ἐν ᾧ ἐπῑ́νομενThe boat arrived in which we had (earlier) been drinking.
ὄμνυμι πάντας θεούςI swear by all the gods!
τὸν ἄνδρα ὁρῶI see the man!
ἀεὶ ταὐτὰ λέγεις, ὦ ΣώκρατεςYou are always saying the same things, Socrates!
“ὦ Σώκρατες,” ἔφη, “ἐγρήγορας ἢ καθεύδεις;”“O Socrates”, he said, “have you woken up, or are you sleeping?”
ῑ̔́ετο ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ τιτρώσκειHe hurls himself at him and wounds him.
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Ἑλληνική – 2017-01-05

From Wikipedia:

  • μάλα ἤχθοντο ὅτι οἱ Ἕλληνες ἐπεφεύγεσαν· ὃ οὔπω πρόσθεν ἐπεποιήκεσαν. – They were very annoyed that the Greeks had fled – something which they had never done before.
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐδείπνησαν, ἐξῆγε τὸ στράτευμα. – And when they had had dinner, he began leading out the army.
  • φίλος ἡμῖν οὐδεὶς λελείψεται. – No friend will have been left for us.

Ἑλληνική – 2016-11-19

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  • κατέβην χθὲς εἰς Πειραιᾶ. – I went down yesterday to Peiraeus.
  • ἧκεν ἐκείνη καὶ τὴν θύρᾱν ἀνέῳξεν. – She came back and opened the door.
  • ἐφύλαττεν ἕως ἐξηῦρεν ὅ τι εἴη τὸ αἴτιον. – She kept watch until she found out what was the cause.
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐδείπνησαν, ἐξῆγε τὸ στράτευμα. – When they had dined, he led the army out.
  • ἐκέλευσέ με τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἣν ἔγραψα δοῦναι. – He ordered me to give him the letter which I had written.

Ἑλληνική – 2016-08-16

From Wikipedia:

  • ἀπέστειλαν τὰς ναῦς ᾱ̔́σπερ παρεσκευάζοντο – They sent off the ships which they had been preparing.
  • εἰσήγαγον ἰᾱτρὸν ᾧ πολλὰ ἔτη ἐχρώμην – I brought in a doctor that I had been using for many years.
  • ἐς τᾱ̀ς Ἀθήνᾱς ἄγγελον ἔπεμπον – They sent off a messenger to Athens.
  • Μίνδαρος κατιδὼν τὴν μάχην ἐβοήθει – Mindaros, seeing the battle from afar, set off to help.
  • ἐκέλευον συνδειπνεῖν – I invited him to join me for dinner
  • ἐδειπνοῦμεν – we sat down to dinner
  • ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο – he went away
  • ἐκάθευδον – I went to sleep

Ἑλληνική – 2016-07-24

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  • ὁ λοχαγὸς ᾔδει ὅπου ἔκειτο ἡ ἐπιστολή – The captain knew where the letter was lying.
  • ἐστρατοπεδεύοντο ἑκάστοτε ἀπέχοντες ἀλλήλων παρασάγγην καὶ πλέον – Every night the (two armies) would camp a parasang or more apart from each other.
  • ταῦτα πολὺν χρόνον οὕτως ἐγίγνετο – These things carried on like this for long time.
  • συμβαλόντες τᾱ̀ς ἀσπίδας ἐωθοῦντο, ἐμάχοντο, ἀπέκτεινον, ἀπέθνῃσκον – Throwing together their shields, they began shoving, fighting, killing, and dying.
  • μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον τὸ παιδίον ἐβόα – After dinner the baby began crying.
  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἕως ἐγένετο, διέβαινον τὴν γέφυραν – And when dawn came, they began crossing the bridge.