Question 1

Πε: χὠ κολοιὸς οὑτοσὶ	
ἄνω κέχηνεν ὡσπερεὶ δεικνύς τί µοι,
κοὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅπως οὐκ ἔστιν ἐνταῦθ’ ὄρνεα.
εἰσόµεθα δ’ αὐτίκ’, ἢν ποιήσωµεν ψόφον.

Accepted Answer

Pe: And this jay is gaping up as if it is showing me something, and there is no way that this isn't the bird hideout. We shall find out immediately, if we make some noise.

Question 2

ΠΕ. ἀλλ’ οἶσθ’ ὃ δρᾶσον; τῷ σκέλει θένε τὴν πέτραν. 
ΕΥ. σὺ δὲ τῇ κεφαλῇ γ’, ἵν’ ᾖ διπλάσιος ὁ ψόφος.
ΠΕ. σὺ δ’ οὖν λίθῳ κόψον λαβών.

Accepted Answer

Pe: But do you know what to do? Knock the rock with your leg.
Eu: And you knock it with your head, that'll make double the noise.
Pe: When you've gotten one, strike it with a stone.

Question 3

ΕΥ. πάνυ γ’, εἰ δοκεῖ. παῖ παῖ. 
ΠΕ. τί λέγεις, οὗτος; τὸν ἔποπα παῖ καλεῖς; 
οὐκ ἀντὶ τοῦ παιδός σ’ ἐχρῆν ἐποποῖ καλεῖν;

Accepted Answer

Eu: Absolutely, if you'd like. Slave!
Pe: You there, what are you saying? Are you calling the hoopoe a boy? Instead of "boy", you could shout "yoohoo hoopoe".

Question 4

ΕΥ. ἐποποῖ. ποιήσεις τοί µε κόπτειν αὖθις αὖ. ἐποποῖ. 
ΘΕ. τίνες οὗτοι; τίς ὁ βοῶν τὸν δεσπότην;
ΕΥ. Ἄπολλον ἀποτρόπαιε, τοῦ χασµήµατος.

Accepted Answer

Eu: Yoohoo hoopoe! You're going to make me strike you over and over. Yoohoo hoopoe!
The: Who's there? Who is the one shouting for my master?
Eu: By Apollo the Averter, what a gaping beak!

Question 5

ΘΕ. οἴµοι τάλας, ὀρνιθοθήρα τουτωί. 
ΠΕ. οὕτως τι δεινόν, οὐδὲ κάλλιον, λέγειν. 
ΘΕ. ἀπολεῖσθον. 
ΠΕ. ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐσµὲν ἀνθρώπω. 
ΘΕ. τί δαί;

Accepted Answer

The: Woe is me, these two are bird catchers!
Pe: Such a terrible thing to say, and said no more politely!
The: You two must die.
Pe: But we aren't humans!
The: Then what are you?

Question 6

ΠΕ. ὑποδεδιὼς ἔγωγε, Λιβυκὸν ὄρνεον.
ΘΕ. οὐδὲν λέγεις. 
ΠΕ. καὶ µὴν ἐροῦ τὰ πρὸς ποδῶν. 
ΘΕ. ὁδὶ δὲ δὴ τίς ἐστιν ὄρνις; οὐκ ἐρεῖς;

Accepted Answer

Pe: I am a fearling, a Libyan bird.
The: You are talking nonesense.
Pe: Just ask what's at my feet!
The: But what is this bird? Won't you say?

Question 7

ΕΥ. ἐπικεχοδὼς ἔγωγε Φασιανικός. 
ΠΕ. ἀτὰρ σὺ τί θηρίον ποτ’ εἶ, πρὸς τῶν θεῶν; 
ΘΕ. ὄρνις ἔγωγε δοῦλος. 
ΕΥ. ἡττήθης τινὸς ἀλεκτρυόνος;

Accepted Answer

Eu: I am a Phasian dungling.
Pe: But, by the gods, what sort of beast are you?
The: I am a slave-bird.
Eu: Were you defeated by a cock?

Question 8

ΘΕ. οὔκ, ἀλλ’ ὅτε περ ὁ δεσπότης 
ἔποψ ἐγένετο, τότε γενέσθαι µ’ ηὔξατο 
ὄρνιν, ἵν’ ἀκόλουθον διάκονόν τ’ ἔχῃ.

Accepted Answer

The: No, but when my master became a hoopoe, then he prayed for me to become a bird, to have for himself a follower and attendant.

Question 9

ΠΕ. δεῖται γὰρ ὄρνις καὶ διακόνου τινός; 
ΘΕ. οὗτός γ’, ἅτ’, οἶµαι, πρότερον ἄνθρωπός ποτ’ ὤν.

Accepted Answer

Pe: Does a bird also need an attendant?
The: This one does, I think, seeing that he was once a man, before.

A-Level Greek

Birds: 50-75

Term	Definition
Πε: χὠ κολοιὸς οὑτοσὶ ἄνω κέχηνεν ὡσπερεὶ δεικνύς τί µοι, κοὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅπως οὐκ ἔστιν ἐνταῦθ’ ὄρνεα. εἰσόµεθα δ’ αὐτίκ’, ἢν ποιήσωµεν ψόφον.	Pe: And this jay is gaping up as if it is showing me something, and there is no way that this isn't the bird hideout. We shall find out immediately, if we make some noise.
ΠΕ. ἀλλ’ οἶσθ’ ὃ δρᾶσον; τῷ σκέλει θένε τὴν πέτραν. ΕΥ. σὺ δὲ τῇ κεφαλῇ γ’, ἵν’ ᾖ διπλάσιος ὁ ψόφος. ΠΕ. σὺ δ’ οὖν λίθῳ κόψον λαβών.	Pe: But do you know what to do? Knock the rock with your leg. Eu: And you knock it with your head, that'll make double the noise. Pe: When you've gotten one, strike it with a stone.
ΕΥ. πάνυ γ’, εἰ δοκεῖ. παῖ παῖ. ΠΕ. τί λέγεις, οὗτος; τὸν ἔποπα παῖ καλεῖς; οὐκ ἀντὶ τοῦ παιδός σ’ ἐχρῆν ἐποποῖ καλεῖν;	Eu: Absolutely, if you'd like. Slave! Pe: You there, what are you saying? Are you calling the hoopoe a boy? Instead of "boy", you could shout "yoohoo hoopoe".
ΕΥ. ἐποποῖ. ποιήσεις τοί µε κόπτειν αὖθις αὖ. ἐποποῖ. ΘΕ. τίνες οὗτοι; τίς ὁ βοῶν τὸν δεσπότην; ΕΥ. Ἄπολλον ἀποτρόπαιε, τοῦ χασµήµατος.	Eu: Yoohoo hoopoe! You're going to make me strike you over and over. Yoohoo hoopoe! The: Who's there? Who is the one shouting for my master? Eu: By Apollo the Averter, what a gaping beak!
ΘΕ. οἴµοι τάλας, ὀρνιθοθήρα τουτωί. ΠΕ. οὕτως τι δεινόν, οὐδὲ κάλλιον, λέγειν. ΘΕ. ἀπολεῖσθον. ΠΕ. ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐσµὲν ἀνθρώπω. ΘΕ. τί δαί;	The: Woe is me, these two are bird catchers! Pe: Such a terrible thing to say, and said no more politely! The: You two must die. Pe: But we aren't humans! The: Then what are you?
ΠΕ. ὑποδεδιὼς ἔγωγε, Λιβυκὸν ὄρνεον. ΘΕ. οὐδὲν λέγεις. ΠΕ. καὶ µὴν ἐροῦ τὰ πρὸς ποδῶν. ΘΕ. ὁδὶ δὲ δὴ τίς ἐστιν ὄρνις; οὐκ ἐρεῖς;	Pe: I am a fearling, a Libyan bird. The: You are talking nonesense. Pe: Just ask what's at my feet! The: But what is this bird? Won't you say?
ΕΥ. ἐπικεχοδὼς ἔγωγε Φασιανικός. ΠΕ. ἀτὰρ σὺ τί θηρίον ποτ’ εἶ, πρὸς τῶν θεῶν; ΘΕ. ὄρνις ἔγωγε δοῦλος. ΕΥ. ἡττήθης τινὸς ἀλεκτρυόνος;	Eu: I am a Phasian dungling. Pe: But, by the gods, what sort of beast are you? The: I am a slave-bird. Eu: Were you defeated by a cock?
ΘΕ. οὔκ, ἀλλ’ ὅτε περ ὁ δεσπότης ἔποψ ἐγένετο, τότε γενέσθαι µ’ ηὔξατο ὄρνιν, ἵν’ ἀκόλουθον διάκονόν τ’ ἔχῃ.	The: No, but when my master became a hoopoe, then he prayed for me to become a bird, to have for himself a follower and attendant.
ΠΕ. δεῖται γὰρ ὄρνις καὶ διακόνου τινός; ΘΕ. οὗτός γ’, ἅτ’, οἶµαι, πρότερον ἄνθρωπός ποτ’ ὤν.	Pe: Does a bird also need an attendant? The: This one does, I think, seeing that he was once a man, before.

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