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1–2φαίνεταί μοι κῆνος ἴσος θέοισιν ἔμμεν᾽ ὤνηρ,
That man seems to me to be equal to the gods,
2–4ὄττις ἐνάντιός τοι ἰσδάνει καὶ πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνεί-σας ὐπακούει
whoever sits opposite you and, close by, listens to you speaking sweetly
5–6καὶ γελαίσας ἰμέροεν, τό μ᾽ ἦ μὰν καρδίαν ἐν στήθεσιν ἐπτόαισεν·
and laughing desirably — a thing which truly has set the heart in my breast fluttering;
7–8ὠς γὰρ ἔς σ᾽ ἴδω βρόχε᾽, ὠς με φώναι-σ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἒν ἔτ᾽ εἴκει,
for whenever I glance at you for a moment, then it is no longer possible for me to say even one thing,
9–10ἀλλ᾽ ἄκαν μὲν γλῶσσα †ἔαγε†, λέπτον δ᾽ αὔτικα χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμηκεν,
but in silence my tongue is broken, and at once a thin fire has run beneath my skin,
11–12ὀππάτεσσι δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἒν ὄρημμ᾽, ἐπιρρόμ-βεισι δ᾽ ἄκουαι,
and with my eyes I see not one thing, and my ears are humming,
13–14κὰδ δέ μ᾽ ἴδρως ψῦχρος ἔχει, τρόμος δὲ παῖσαν ἄγρει,
and a cold sweat covers me, and trembling seizes all of me,
14–16χλωροτέρα δὲ ποίας ἔμμι, τεθνάκην δ᾽ ὀλίγω ᾽πιδεύης φαίνομ᾽ ἔμ᾽ αὔτ[ᾳ.
and I am greener than grass, and I seem to my very self to be little short of dying.
17ἀλλὰ πὰν τόλματον, ἐπεὶ †καὶ πένητα†
But all must be endured, since …
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1.parsing
Parse ἔμμι.
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εἰμί (Lesbian ἔμμι) — verb, present active indicative, 1st singular
Lesbian ἔμμι for εἰμί, the finite counterpart of the infinitive ἔμμεν᾽ in line 2 (be)
2.parsing
Parse εἴκει.
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εἴκει (impersonal) — verb, present active indicative, 3rd singular
Campbell: perhaps 'it is possible', like παρείκει, with the infinitive φώναισ(αι) — though there is no other example of εἴκω used impersonally, and he floats εἴκει standing for ἴκει, 'nothing comes to me to speak'. Either way the verb is impersonal and the infinitive is its subject (it is possible)
3.parsing
Parse τεθνάκην.
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θνῄσκω (Lesbian perf. inf. τεθνάκην) — verb (infinitive), perfect active infinitive
Lesbian -ην for -έναι: τεθνάκην = τεθνηκέναι, with ᾱ for η in the stem as well. It is the infinitive with φαίνομ᾽, so 'I seem TO BE DEAD' — and the perfect means the state of being dead, not the act of dying (be dead, have died)
4.vocabulary
Give the dictionary form and meaning of ἴσος.
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ἴσος, -η, -ον — equal (to), a match for
In this passage it is nom. sg. masc..
5.vocabulary
Give the dictionary form and meaning of στήθεσιν.
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στῆθος, -εος, τό — breast, chest
In this passage it is dat. pl. neut..
6.vocabulary
Give the dictionary form and meaning of τόλματον.
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τολματός, -ή, -όν — to be endured, must be dared
In this passage it is nom. sg. neut..
7.translation
καὶ γελαίσας ἰμέροεν, τό μ᾽ ἦ μὰν καρδίαν ἐν στήθεσιν ἐπτόαισεν·
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and laughing desirably — a thing which truly has set the heart in my breast fluttering;
Translate literally first — keep the case, tense and force of each word, and only then let the English read naturally. The version given is the model answer; yours is right if it is defensible word by word, not if it matches word for word.
8.translation
ἀλλ᾽ ἄκαν μὲν γλῶσσα †ἔαγε†, λέπτον δ᾽ αὔτικα χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμηκεν,
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but in silence my tongue is broken, and at once a thin fire has run beneath my skin,
Translate literally first — keep the case, tense and force of each word, and only then let the English read naturally. The version given is the model answer; yours is right if it is defensible word by word, not if it matches word for word.
9.parsing
Parse ἰσδάνει.
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ἰζάνω (Lesbian ἰσδάνω) — verb, present active indicative, 3rd singular
Lesbian -σδ- for -ζ-, the swap you already know from Theocritus' Doric μελίσδεται and from ὔσδων at 2.5 (sit, be seated)