Chapter 3 of The Acharnians is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Acharnians is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EURIPIDES Insolent hound! Slave, lock the door! DICAEOPOLIS Oh, my soul! I must go away without the chervil. Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
Chapter 3 of The Acharnians is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading “Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?”
attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
From this reading “Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?”
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
From this reading “Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?”
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading “EURIPIDES Insolent hound!”
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading “EURIPIDES Insolent hound!”
fasten with a lock
From this reading “Slave, lock the door!”
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading “Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?”
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading “Slave, lock the door!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I must go away without the chervil.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads
From this reading I must go away without the chervil.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DICAEOPOLIS Oh, my soul!
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Slave, lock the door!
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)
From this reading EURIPIDES Insolent hound!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I must go away without the chervil.
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading EURIPIDES Insolent hound!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must go away without the chervil.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading EURIPIDES Insolent hound!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
fasten with a lock
From this reading Slave, lock the door!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must go away without the chervil.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading DICAEOPOLIS Oh, my soul!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading DICAEOPOLIS Oh, my soul!
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading Slave, lock the door!
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading DICAEOPOLIS Oh, my soul!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Slave, lock the door!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Art thou sensible of the dangerous battle we are about to engage upon in defending the Lacedaemonians?
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I must go away without the chervil.
Chapter 3 of The Acharnians by 447? BCE-386? BCE Aristophanes holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 3 holds 166 sentences of The Acharnians, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Acharnians by 447? BCE-386? BCE Aristophanes exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 166 sentences, grouped into 34 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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