Medea vocabulary helps--to supplement workbook and notes in text

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379
short sword
liver
383
laughter acc. or
384
straight
387 secure, unseizable
388 save, rescue
390 tower unassailable, secure
391
deceit, stealth murder
sword
395 in oaths "by" worship

396 <
397
corner, recess dwell, live
398 heart

400 marriage alliance, care

401 spare
409 carpenter, craftsman

Second Episode 446-626

454 gain 455 make angry

457 foolishness
459 nevertheless
460 I have come show foresight
462 in need (of) exile
466
467 superl. of
469 confidence, boldness courage
470 opposite
471 sickness, pestilence
472 shamelessness I came, have come
473
make light
476 save

478 firebreathing one standing over, master

479 yoke, loop of an ox yoke sow field, furrow
481 coil with many folds
482 saving
483 * betray
484
Iolcus on (or near) Mt. Pelion
485 * eager
486 superl. of painful
489 * new possess * marriage bed
490 *
491 * pardonable Condition _____________________

fall in love with + gen.
492 * gone
494 laws customs
495 * share in knowledge, be aware
497 * knee * in vain
498 miss the mark
499 communicate

509 * blessed, happy

513 * alone, destitute, abandoned
514 * reproach, disgrace
515 beggar wander, roam
516 base, false, adulterated
517 * proof, sure sign
519 stamp, distinctive mark
520 hard to cure be, be in motion
521 strife
< 2 aor & perfect "I am born to; it is may nature to"
523 gen. of ship
careful helmsman, pilot
524 sail edge, border run out from under
525 wearisome, loud-mouthed tongue-lashing
526 tower up, build, raise up
527 voyage
529 * thin, fine, subtle
531 bow; bow and arrows unavoidable, inescapable
532 accurate, exact
540 furthest, last
541 border, limit, boundary
544 distinguished, famous
546 contest, rivalry
555 scrape, chafe hate
557 * zeal
558 * enough
560 be in need of
564 knit together
566 profit
569 stand upright, mid. prosper
574 furnish with children, produce children
578 wife
581 loss, punishment owe, incur
582 boast wrap around, clothe
583 do any evil, be an utter scoundrel
584 good in appearance, specious
585 stretch out
588 row, work for, serve, aid
592 old age of good eputation, glorious
595 before 596 sown together
597 defense, bulwark 600 change ones prayer
607 curse curse 608 cursed, accursed
611 assistance
612 ready unstinting, ungrudging

2nd Stasimon 627-662

627
go over, exceed
628 good report, glory, good name
631 pleasing, of good grace
633 anoint, stain arrow

635 love
636
637 contentious, argumentative
638 insatiable
strife, quarrel
639 (line 8) strike out of ones mind
640 unwarlike, not to be warred on
* bed, marriage honor
641 sharp-witted
646 hard to pass through
647 * pitiable, mournful pain, distress
648 tame, yoke, subdue, yoke in marriage
649 accomplish
650 from above
651 * be deprived of
656 * grieve for, pity
660 clean, pure
661
key

Third episode (663-823)

663 opening, introduction

668 navel oracle-singing
669 * seed ask
670 * stretch
672 * wife without experience of
673 unyoked, unmarried of marriage, bridal
676 < _______
679 leather bag, wine skin project
680 reach, arrive at
681 * hearth, home
682 * desire go by sea
684 * pious, holy
685 oracle
686 experienced, skilled/practiced in
687 ally, friend in war
688 * love, desire
689 skin
691 downheartedness
697
700 * marriage alliance
701 finish, complete
703 * forgiveable
708 be steadfast, be patient, endure
709 meet, entreat beard
710 suppliant
711pity parse _________________
713 at the hearth
714 brought to an end, accomplish
717 offspring, race, seed
722 * gone, lost

724 be a protector or patron

725 announce, foretell
730 without cause or blame; blameless
733 hard to manage, troubling
735 oath, pledge
736 < _____________
738 message or demand made by a herald
739 weak, without strength
741 -- promh/qeia forethought
744
pretext, excuse
751 voluntary
754 * ward off; be of use; be enough
755 ungodly, impious
759 escorting
760 thinking of, purpose
761 * be eager
762 * noble
765 * gloriously victorious
767 * pay take retribution or vengeance
768 * be weary, be in trouble
769 * harbor
770 fasten fastened to the stern
771 city
774 servant, house slave
776 soft
782 insult; treat with insolence
786 wreath, headband of beaten gold
788 touch girl, young wife
791 wail, lament, cry
794 pour together, throw into confusion
797 laugh, laugh at
suffering, patient; to be endured
804 newly-yoked, newly wed
807 * light, easy, worthless
809 well disposed, kind, friendly
814 pardon
819 superfluous, above measure
820 come on

Third Stasimon 824-865

824
children of Erechtheus
825 holy, sacred
826 unsacked feed, nourish
827 renowned, famous
830 delicate, luxurious upper air, pure air, clear sky
there, where,
when pure, chaste, unsullied
832 yellow, golden plant, produce, give birth to
835 fair-flowing stream, river, flowing thing
836 make famous, celebrate draw; mid. draw for oneself, drink
837 breathe over

840 sweet-smelling
841 hair fragrant of roses flower, bloom
842 sitting beside, assistant
845 of all sorts
848 conducting, escorting
849 child murderess
851 = blow
853 in every way
855 murder, kill
863 gen pl. of suppliant
864 wet red, blood-stained

Fourth Episode 866-975

869 ask, beg

870 indulgent, forgiving
871 do a service, do work in preparation for something else. See Page: "many acts of
kindness have been done in the past, as a basis for mutual tolerance now."
873 unflinching, headstrong, wretched
874 bear ill will
875 king
877 brother
881 be in need
882 poor judgment, thoughtlessness
890 not ... therefore, therefore ... not
make like; pass. become like
891 repay infantile
892 concede
894 roof, pl. house
895 welcome, embrace
896 change; pass. be reconciled, change from enmity to friendship
902 elbow, arm
903 near to tears
905 worn smooth, delicate
906 two eyes pale green, fresh
911 better
914 thoughtless, heedless
918 grow
920 thriving, well-grown youth
921 over, better, victorious over
923 backwards 924 pleased
927 disbelieve
929 groan, sigh over
930 boast, pray for
931 pity 933
936 before the feet, in the way
944 hold an opinion, think, believe, judge
947 be the most beautiful
951 servant
953 bedmate
955 born of; as a noun descendant

() possessive pronoun (mostly used of) 3rd person singular

958 to be blamed, contemptible
959 empty out
971 demand from another; mid. beg for oneself

Fourth Stasimon 976-1001

976 =
977 * go
978 headband
980 hair
982 immortal, divine, preternaturally beautiful bright light, gleam, sheen
983 made of gold
985 lower, of the underworld dress as a bride
986 enclosure, net, snare
993 ruin, destruction
994 hated, hateful, hating
995 be gone
996 lament afterwards pain, sorrow
998 of a bride
1000 lawless, unmusical
1001 sharing ones bed

Fifth Episode (1002-1250)

1003 queen, princess

1017 unyoke
1024 2nd pers. pronoun dual gen. dat.
1025
1030 be weary, suffer
1031 stiff, solid, hard, barren giving birth pain, agony
1033 feed and tend in old age
1039 form
1041 smile upon last of all
1043 beaming, radiant
1049
1050 unpunished
1051 one must dare cowardice
1054 sacrifice, offering
1056 work, perform
1058 delight
1059 avenger, unforgetful one
1063 beget, produce
1065 head
1074 approach

Astrophic choral song (1081-1115)

1084 birth, race seek, examine

1086 converse with, associate with
1087 little, small, brief

1089 away from the Muses

1091 quite, altogether
1092 surpass
1095 distressing
1096 come out, end up
1099 bud, growth care, anxiety
1100 wear out, exhaust 1102 whence
1103 = 1105 left behind, last
1106 speak out 1108 =
1109 happen

Messenger's speech

1123 carriage, chariot going on the ground

1125 just now
1127 benefactor
1133 hurry, rush
1136 twofold
1141 kiss head
1145 pair
1150 young woman, girl
1155 for the sake of
1160 curl
1161 bright mirror arrange
1162 lifeless acc. of image
1163 seat, armchair
1166 tendon of the foot, foot
1167 sight, spectacle
1168 skin, complexion
1169 quake, tremble (at) limb hardly
1170 on the ground
1173 cry aloud
1174 foam, froth
1176 sounding against loud cry (of joy or lamentation)
1180 dense, frequent crash, (make) resound
running, course
1182 walker 1183 speechless be shut
1184 groan deeply
1185 double march, battle, make war against
1187 stream all-consuming
1189 devour flesh
1190 set on fire 1191 shake to another place
1192 fixed
1193
bond
1194 shine
1195 ground, floor
1196 hard to recognize
1197 condition
1198 well grown, graceful
1199 let fall drop by drop; intrans. fall drop by drop
1200 bone made of fir

1201 jaw flow off from, melt away

1204 ignorance, obscurity
1206 enfold, enwrap, clasp
1207 address
1209 tomb, grave bereft
1211 wailing, funereal lament
1213 ivy shoot, child laurel, bay
1215 wrestling, struggle
1216 hold fast
1221 nearby longed for, mourned for
1224 shadow, phantom
1226 one who is careful/takes care about something
1229 happiness, wealth < flow to/on top of
1237 start from
1238 leisure
1242 arm; prepare for battle
1245 post in a race course; starting point; end
1246 be a coward

Fifth Stasimon (1251-1292)

1251 all-gleaming
1252 ray, beam
1253 bloody
1254 slaying oneself or ones kin
1256 bud, sprout
1257 = (epic form)
1258 born of Zeus shut in, enclose
1260 Erinys, Fury under the power of an avenger
1264 entrance, inroad
1265 wretched
1267 change change, answer
1268 of the same family, akin pollution
1269 murderer of oneself or ones kin
1274 help, aid, ward off
1277 yes in need
1278 hunters net
1281 tillage, crop working with one own hand; self/kin-killing
1285 wife roaming, distraction
1286 sea water; sea
1288 place where waves break, seashore stretch over
of/from/on the sea
1292 much-toiling/suffering do; sacrifice

Exodos 1293-1419

1296 surely
1297 winged depth
1304 kinsman
1305 maternal
1307 utter

1312 from outside

1314 loosen
1317 force open, lift with a lever
1319 use, advantage
1320 touch, lay hands on chariot
1332 traitor, traitress
1333 hurl, let fall down upon
1334 by/at the hearth
1335 with beautiful prow
1346 acting shamefully
1347 cry = it is possible
1357 with impunity
1362 profit
1371 one who brings pollution, avenger
1373 to be spat on, detested
1374 saying
1377 bury
1379 sacred precinct
1381 draw/pull back/up
1382 festival
initiation to a religious mystery, ceremony fasten to
1387 remnant
1390 bloody
1392 one who deceives strangers/guests
1393 abominable child murderer
1395 without a share
1400 embrace; cling close about
1407 killing children
1409 invoke the gods
1411 prevent from
1418 unexpected