_T._ No; I mean what are the books I am to examine you in? _C. is silent._
_T._ The two books, one Latin and one Greek: don’t flurry yourself. _C._ Oh, … Xenophon and Virgil.
_T._ Xenophon and Virgil. Very well; what part of Xenophon? _C. is silent._
_T._ What work of Xenophon? _C._ Xenophon.
_T._ Xenophon wrote many works. Do you know the names of any of them? _C._ I … Xenophon … Xenophon.
_T._ Is it the _Anabasis_ you take up? _C._ (_with surprise_) O yes; the Anabasis.
_T._ Well, Xenophon’s Anabasis; now what is the meaning of the word _anabasis_? _C. is silent._
_T._ You know very well; take your time, and don’t be alarmed. Anabasis means … _C._ An ascent.
_T._ Very right; it means an ascent. Now how comes it to mean an ascent? What is it derived from? _C._ It comes from … (_a pause_). _Anabasis_ … it _is_ the nominative.
_T._ Quite right: but what part of speech is it? _C._ A noun,—a noun substantive.
_T._ Very well; a noun substantive, now what is the verb that _anabasis_ is derived from? _C. is silent._
_T._ From the verb ἀναβαίνω, isn’t it? from ἀναβαίνω. _C._ Yes.
_T._ Just so. Now, what does ἀναβαίνω mean? _C._ To go up, to ascend.
_T._ Very well; and which part of the word means _to go_, and which part _up_? _C._ ἀνά is _up_, and βαίνω _go_.
_T._ βαίνω to go, yes; now, βάσις? What does βάσις mean? _C._ A going.
_T._ That is right; and ἀνά-βασις? _C._ A going up.
_T._ Now what is a going _down_? _C. is silent_.
_T._ What is down? … Κατά … don’t you recollect? Κατά. _C._ Κατά.
_T._ Well, then, what is a going _down_? Cat .. cat … _C._ Cat.…
_T._ Catabasis. _C._ Oh, of course, catabasis.
_T._ Now tell me what is the future of βαίνω? _C._ (_thinks_) βανῶ.
_T._ No, no; think again; you know better than that. _C._ (_objects_) Φαίνω, Φανῶ?
_T._ Certainly, Φανῶ is the future of Φαίνω; but βαίνω is, you know, an irregular verb. _C._ Oh, I recollect, βήσω.
_T._ Well, that is much better; but you are not quite right yet; βήσομαι. _C._ Oh, of course,.
_T._ βήσομαι. Now do you mean to say that βήσομαι _comes from_ βαίνω? _C. is silent._
_T._ For instance: τύψω comes from τύπτω by a change of letters; does βήσομαιin any similar way come from βαίνω? _C._ It is an irregular verb.
_T._ What do you mean by an irregular verb? does it form tenses anyhow and by caprice? _C._ It does not go according to the paradigm.