Ἀκταίη
coastal, seashore
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Feb 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀκταίη· ἡ παραθαλασσία. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· δῶρα παρ' ἀκταίης σοὶ τάδ' ἐπωφελίης. καὶ αὖθις· καὶ βατράχων ὅμιλον εἶδον ἀκταίων.
Betacode
*)aktai/h: h( paraqalassi/a. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: dw=ra par' a)ktai/hs soi\ ta/d' e)pwfeli/hs. kai\ au)=qis: kai\ batra/xwn o(/milon ei)=don a)ktai/wn.
Notes (3)
- The headword, either extracted from somewhere or (less probably?) generated by the first of the quotations given, is feminine nominative singular of the adjective
a)ktai=os (LSJ entry at web address 1)
cf. alpha 1035, alpha 1036. - 1Analogous entry for masculine/neuter genitive singular
a)ktai/ou in Hesychius alpha2658 ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 6.33.2 (Maikios/Maecius/Maccius), a dedication by fishermen to Priapus; cf. Gow and Page (280-283) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 4532, beta 597, pi 2275, rho 222, sigma 22, and phi 258. (The correct reading seems to be
paraktai/hs , which has been misdivided.) ↩ - 3Babrius 25.6. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α1035Ἀκτήheadland[Meaning a] beach by the sea.
- α1036ἈκτήAkte, ActeIn a particular sense a part of Attica by the sea; from where the Actite stone [sc. originates]. But they also used to use this name for [sc. the entirety of] Attica, some [deriving it] from a certain king Aktaion,…
- α4532Αὐτούργητονself-wrought[Meaning one that is] natural. In the Epigrams: "and a self-wrought stool of heath".
- β597Βυσσοδομοῦντεςbrooding, ruminating[Meaning they] pondering deeply. Also [sc. attested is] bu/sswma ["flax-net"]. "Trapping the roundel of tunnies with flax-nets of well spun linen in the grayish approaches of the sea."
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Revision history7 revisions · last 9 Aug 2019
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
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- Cosmetics, modified translation, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — Catharine Roth