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Headword: *)/elqh|
Adler number: epsilon,877
Translated headword: [nor] should he come
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning let him [not] come. [Plato in book] 9 of Laws [writes]: "nor should he come into any shrine".[1]
Greek Original:
*)/elqh|: a)nti\ tou= e)lqe/tw. *no/mwn q#: mh/te ei)s i(ero\n e)/lqh| mhde/n.
Notes:
The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is an aorist subjunctive (cf. epsilon 878), the gloss the corresponding third person imperative.
It is normal to use mh/ with an aorist subjunctive for a negative command (prohibitive subjunctive, Smyth ยง1800, web address 1).
[1] Plato, Laws 881E (web address 2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; law; philosophy; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 15 May 2003@08:03:32.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (modified translation, cosmetics, augmented note, added link, set status) on 7 June 2003@08:19:42.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 8 March 2006@03:00:51.
David Whitehead on 14 August 2012@06:44:58.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 14 January 2017@02:06:20.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 14 January 2017@02:45:09.
Catharine Roth (added a link) on 14 January 2017@22:44:19.
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