Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for alphaiota,256 in Adler number:
Headword:
*ai)w=na
Adler number: alphaiota,256
Translated headword: age
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] life, life-style.[1]
Sophocles [writes]: "[there is an old story] that you could not know the age of mortals before someone dies, whether it is good or bad. But I, even before going to Hades' [house], know that mine is unfortunate and miserable."[2]
*ai)w=na: zwh/n, bi/on. *sofoklh=s: w(s ou)k a)\n ai)w=n' e)kma/qois brotw=n, pri\n a)\n qa/nh| tis, ou)/t' ei) xrhsto/s, ou)/t' ei) kako/s. e)gw\ de\ to\n e)mo\n kai\ pri\n ei)s a(/|dou molei=n, e)/coid' e)/xousa dustuxh= te kai\ baru/n.
Notes:
cf.
alphaiota 255.
[1] In the accusative case, extracted from
Plato,
Gorgias 448C (web address 1); see the
scholia there, and similarly in other lexica.
[2]
Sophocles,
Trachiniae 2-5 (web address 2); Deianeira is speaking.
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; mythology; philosophy; religion; tragedy; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 November 2003@18:45:09.
Vetted by:
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search