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Headword: *dwrhto/n
Adler number: delta,1456
Translated headword: freely-given
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] that which is being given as a gift.[1] The tragedy [says]: "How much envy you are keeping, as for the sake of this office, which the city gave to me freely-given [and] unsought, Kreon, who has been my trusted friend from the beginning, has sneaked up on me stealthily and desires to cast me out."[2]
Greek Original:
*dwrhto/n: to\ w(s dw=ron dido/menon. h( tragw|di/a: o(/sos par' u(mi=n o( fqo/nos fula/ssetai: oi(=on th=sde/ g' a)rxh=s ou(/nex', h(\n e)moi\ po/lis dwrhto\n ou)k ai)thto\n ei)sexei/rise, tau/ths *kre/wn o( pisto\s ou(c a)rxh=s fi/los, la/qra m' u(pelqw\n e)kbalei=n i(mei/retai.
Notes:
[1] Neuter nominative/accusative singular. Cf. delta 1457, where this verbal adjective is used of a person.
[2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 382-386 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. chi 245.
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 5 March 2005@22:36:56.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 6 March 2005@06:16:26.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link, added keyword) on 1 August 2011@21:55:12.
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