VERB LIST
σπουδῇ: "eagerly" (S. 1527b; cf. S. 1095).
ἐφιστάμεθα: impf. mid. of ἐφίστημι, "we encountered (+ dat.)."
ἐργαζομένοις, διοχετεύουσιν: pres. part. dat. pl., modifying πρεσβύτῃ καὶ νεανίσκῳ.
ὕδωρ...διοχετεύουσιν: "irrigating with water" (lit. "distributing water by conduits").
ἡσθέντες: aor. part of ἥδομαι, "being overjoyed."
φοβηθέντες: aor. part. pass. of φοβέομαι, "being frightened."
ἔστημεν: aor. intrans. 1 pl. of ἵστημι, "we stopped."
ταὐτὸ (=τὸ αὐτό) ἡμῖν...παθόντες: aor. part. of πάσχω, "having had the same feeling as us" (S. 1554; for the case of ἡμῖν, see S. 1500).
ὡς τὸ εἰκός: "as is likely" εἰκός is the neut. part. of ἐοίκα.
παρειστήκεσαν: plupf. 3 pl. of παρίστημι, "they stood near."
χρόνῳ: "a little while later."
τῶν ἐναλίων δαιμόνων: "(are you) sea gods," for the partitive gen. used as the subject, see S. 928 and 1318.
τραφέντες: aor. part. pass. of τρέφω, "brought up."
γεγόναμεν: perf. 1 pl. of γίνομαι (=γίγνομαι; see S. 89).
συννηχόμεθα: pres. 1 pl. of συννήχω, "we swim about with."
περιέχοντι: pres. part. dat. sg. of περιέχω, “which encompasses (sc. us).”
ὃ πάσχομεν...εἰδότες: nom. pl. part. of οἶδα, "knowing what we are experiencing,” (for the lack of an expressed antecedent, see S. 2509 and for ὅ instead of the compound relative ὅ τι, see S. 2508).
τεθνάναι: perf. infin. of θνῄσκω, "to be dead."
καὶ ἡμεῖς τοι ἄνθρωποι: "and we too in truth are men," (on τοι, see S. 2984 and 2986).
αὐτῷ σκάφει: "boat and all" (S. 1525).
καταποθέντες: aor. part. pass. of καταπίνω, "having been swallowed up."
προήλθομεν...νῦν: aor. of προέρχομαι, "we set out just now."
μαθεῖν: aor. infin. of μανθάνω, "to learn."
μαθεῖν τὰ ἐν τῇ ὕλῃ ὡς ἔχει: "to learn about the things in the forest, how they are" (i.e. "to learn about how the things in the forest are"). Note that the subject of the subordinate clause appears as an object in the main clause, a form of anticipation known as prolepsis (S. 2522a). For the substantival power of the article, see S. 1153c. For the indir. question, see S. 2663; for ἔχω + adv., see S. 1438.
πολλὴ...τις: "very large," τις can be used to emphasize or qualify a statement (S. 1268).
ἤγαγεν: aor. of ἄγω, "led."
ὀψομένους: fut. part. of ὁράω, expressing purpose, "to see you."
εἰσομένους: fut. part. of οἶδα, expressing purpose, “to discover."
ὅτι μὴ μόνοι...καθείργμεθα: "that we are not the only ones to be confined," verbs of intellectual perception can govern indir. statement with ὡς/ὅτι instead of the usual participle (S. 2145; cf. S. 2112b). μή is here used as it is qualifying a substantival adj. and so is a type of generic μή (S. 2735).
καθείργμεθα: perf. 1 pl. of καθείργω, "we are confined," perf. rendered as pres. when referring to a lasting state rather than a completed action (S. 1946).
φράσον: aor. imper. of φράζω, "tell us."
ὅστις τε ὢν καὶ ὅπως δεῦρο εἰσῆλθες: "who you are and how you came here" (S. 2663).
οὐ πρότερον ἔφη: the negative of φημί means "deny" or "refuse" (adherescent οὐ: S. 2691).
ἐρεῖν: fut. infin. of λέγω.
οὐδὲ πεύσεσθαι: fut. infin. of πυνθάνομαι, "or to inquire."
πρὶν μεταδοῦναι: "before giving (us) a share of (+ gen.)," (for πρὶν + infin. meaning "before," see S. 2455).
ἐπεποίητο αὐτάρκη: plupf. pass. of ποιέω, “he had made it (so as to be) sufficient” (S. 1579).
ἐνῳκοδόμητο: plupf. mid. of ἐνοικοδομέω, "he had built into it."
ἐξήρτιστο: plupf. pass. of ἑξαρτίζω, "he had furnished."
παραθείς: aor. part. act. of παρατίθημι, "having set before."
ἐγχέας: aor. part. nom. sg. of ἐγχέω, “having poured out."
ἐκορέσθημεν: aor. pass. of κορέω, "we were sated."
ἐπυνθάνετο ἄ πεπόνθοιμεν: “he learned what we had experienced," indirect question with simple relative used as introductory word after a verb of perceiving (S. 2668; cf. G. 616b). The perfect tense of the optative emphasizes completed aspect. The manuscripts are inconsistent on the verb form here and MacLeod prints the pluperfect πεπόνθειμεν here (while Jerram has ἐπεπόνθειμεν). If πεπόνθειμεν is correct, then this is probably a relative clause and not an indirect question, although the pluperfect is only rarely used in subordinate clauses to express action that occurred before another past action (S. 1954). See Jerram ad. loc. where he discusses Lucian's fondness for pluperfects as part of his style.
πεπόνθοιμεν: perf. opt. of πάσχω, “we had experienced," the perfect optative was rare and so Greek usually used the aorist tense to express action previous to that of the main clause (S. 1961b and 1954; cf. G. 463).
διηγησάμην: aor. 1 sg. dep. of διηγέομαι, "I narrated."
τὰ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ: "the things on the island" (i.e. the events that happened on the island; for the substantival power of the article, see S. 1153c).
