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Headword: *)aluska/zein
Adler number: alpha,1442
Translated headword: to avoid
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] to circumvent, to steer clear of, to flee.[1]
"For if the daughters of Lycambes left the light to avoid the harsh sound of Archilochus' iambics [...]."[2]
Greek Original:
*)aluska/zein: perii/+stasqai, e)kkli/nein, feu/gein. ei) ga\r fe/ggos e)/lipon a)luska/zousai i)a/mbwn a)/grion *)arxilo/xou fqe/gma *lukambia/des.
Notes:
Epic/poetic verb.
[1] Similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.253 (where the participle a)luska/zonti occurs).
[2] Greek Anthology 7.70.3-4 (Julian, prefect of Egypt); again at lambda 795. Another extract from this epigram is at beta 242. Legend has it that Archilochus' lampoons in iambic verse caused the suicide of Lycambes' daughters. On Archilochus, see generally alpha 4112; on iambic satire, see generally see iota 25.
Keywords: biography; definition; epic; meter and music; poetry; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 9 June 2000@12:38:44.
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Catharine Roth (supplemented translation, added keyword) on 3 July 2002@20:53:36.
Catharine Roth (augmented notes) on 4 July 2002@00:12:32.
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Catharine Roth (coding) on 13 March 2012@01:45:47.
David Whitehead on 14 June 2015@06:04:22.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 23 June 2020@19:23:25.
Ronald Allen (added cross-reference n.2) on 8 September 2023@12:26:53.
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