Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for alpha,4533 in Adler number:
Greek display:    
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.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (Modified translation. Set status.) on 20 September 2000@00:39:05.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 3 January 2005@11:54:59.
David Whitehead (x-ref; tweaking) on 4 May 2012@04:24:58.
David Whitehead on 11 September 2015@04:38:02.
Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)
No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search