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Headword: Axiô
Adler number: alpha,2824
Translated headword: I believe; I esteem
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] I suppose.
Aristophanes [writes]: "I do not believe myself worthy to hold great power." Meaning I do not suppose, I do not consider worthy.[1]
It also means I supplicate, I beseech.
[Used] with an accusative: a)ciw= se ["I beg you"].
Greek Original:
Axiô: hupolambanô. Aristophanês: ouk axiô g' emauton ischuein mega. anti tou ouch hupolambanô, ouk axion nomizô. sêmainei de kai to hiketeuô. aitiatikêi: Axiô se.
Notes:
cf. alpha 2829.
[1] Aristophanes, Knights 182 (see web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there; cf. omicron 852.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 November 2000@12:04:16.
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