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Ἑλληνική – 2017-05-26

From Wikipedia:

Match the sentences:

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

From Wikipedia:

  • 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 παρεσκευάζοντοThey sent off the ships which they had been preparing.
  • εἰσήγαγον ἰᾱτρὸν ᾧ πολλὰ ἔτη ἐχρώμηνI brought in a doctor that I had been using for many years.
  • ἐς τᾱ̀ς Ἀθήνᾱς ἄγγελον ἔπεμπονThey sent off a messenger to Athens.
  • Μίνδαρος κατιδὼν τὴν μάχην ἐβοήθειMindaros, seeing the battle from afar, set off to help.
  • ἐκέλευον συνδειπνεῖνI invited him to join me for dinner
  • ἐδειπνοῦμενwe sat down to dinner
  • ἀπιὼν ᾤχετοhe went away
  • ἐκάθευδον I went to sleep

Ἑλληνική – 2016-07-24

From Wikipedia:

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