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Headword:
Autophonôi
Adler number: alpha,4533
Translated headword: suicidal
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] killing oneself.[1] "For time, finding no other man so worthy of such a deed, entrusted it to his suicidal hand."[2] This is a reference to Ajax.[3]
Greek Original:Autophonôi: heauton anelonti. tossês gar chronos allon epaxion anera tolmês ouch heurôn palamêi thêken ep' autophonôi. peri Aiantos ho logos.
Notes:
The headword, dative singular of this adjective, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
cf. generally
alpha 4527.
[2]
Greek Anthology 7.149.3-4.
[3] For whom see generally
alphaiota 8.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; mythology; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 18 September 2000@00:56:17.
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