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Headword: *)atre/a
Adler number: alpha,4382
Translated headword: Atreus
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[*)Atre/a] and generally those accusatives from [nouns] ending in the combination -eus they draw out, but those which have the eu preceded by a vowel they contract: [such as] *Xoa= and *Mhlia= and *Sounia=. But Ionic [writers] contract the former[1], saying *)Atre/a and *phle/a short; therefore [it is] not necessary to lengthen [the syllables] in tragedies, unless the meter necessitates it. And the [accusatives] from [words ending] in -ês [are treated] similarly. For shortening [is an] Ionic [phenomenon].[2] Aristophanes in Farmers [writes]: "slobs and Megacleses [*Megakle/as] and softies."[3]
Greek Original:
*)atre/a kai\ kaqo/lou ta\s a)po\ tw=n ei)s eus sumfw/nw| paralhgome/nwn ai)tiatika\s mhku/nousi, ta\s de\ kaqara\s tou= eu sunairou=si: *xoa= kai\ *mhlia= kai\ *sounia=. *)/iwnes de\ suste/llousi ta\s prote/ras, *)atre/a kai\ *phle/a braxe/ws le/gontes: dio\ kai\ para\ toi=s tragikoi=s ou)k a)nagkai=on e)ktei/nein, ei) mh\ me/tron a)nagka/zei. kai\ ta\s a)po\ tw=n ei)s hs o(moi/ws. to\ ga\r suste/llein *)iako/n. *)aristofa/nhs *gewrgoi=s, kaxe/tas kai\ *megakle/as kai\ malakou/s.
Notes:
[1] That is, the accusatives of names ending in -eus where that syllable is not preceded by a vowel.
[2] cf. epsilon 346.
[3] Aristophanes fr. 106 Kock, now 107 K.-A.
Keywords: comedy; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 27 March 2002@12:43:23.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 28 March 2002@21:45:07.
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note; cosmetics) on 27 August 2002@07:01:04.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 2 October 2005@10:54:29.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 29 April 2012@04:54:41.
David Whitehead on 22 December 2014@06:36:58.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 17 December 2015@01:15:58.

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