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Headword:
Êstên
Adler number: eta,605
Translated headword: they two were
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning they existed, in the dual.[1]
"There were two siblings, [?]wronged."[2]
And elsewhere: "and both had been lifted up by their hopes."[3]
Greek Original:Êstên: anti tou hupêrchon, duïkôs. adelphô duo êstên hêmartêmena. kai authis: epêrmenô te êstên amphô tais elpisin.
Notes:
[1] The headword is imperfect of
ei)mi/, third person dual, illustrated by quotations from late writers for whom the dual was an archaism.
[2] The beginning of
Aelian fr. 75 Domingo-Forasté (72 Hercher), already in full at
eta 350; and see also
eta 592. (The perfect participle after
h)/sthn seems to be an attempt to summarise the anecdote as a whole, but
h(marthme/na does not fit the grammar: read
h(marthme/nw (ms E and ed.pr.) or Bekker's
h)pathme/nw "deceived".)
[3]
Agathias,
Histories 1.7; cf.
kappa 58.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 31 July 2006@17:35:14.
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