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Ἄλαστε · inconsolable (α 1079) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α1075(with) victuals
α1076sausage, of a sausage
α1077you are asleep while carrying salt
α1078thymed salts
α1079inconsolable
α1080might be distraught
α1081but we have some Megarian contrivance
α1082alastor
α1083roams

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Ἄλαστε

inconsolable

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 8 words

Translation

[Meaning] unable to forget [grief].¹
"My inconsolable child".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄλαστε· ἀνεπίληστε. τέκνον ἐμὸν ἄλαστον.

Betacode

*)/alaste: a)nepi/lhste. te/knon e)mo\n a)/laston.

Notes (2)

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.
1The headword (vocative case) occurs in Homer, Iliad 22.261, and the gloss is the one from the scholia thereto. ↩
2Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form, but Adler cites for comparison Callimachus, Hymn 5.87 (another vocative: te/knon a)/laste).

Linked from1 entry

α1080Ἀλαστήσειενmight be distraught[Meaning he/she/it] might complain unforgettably.

Neighbouring entries

α1077Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδειςyou are asleep while carrying salt α1078Ἅλας θυμίταςthymed salts α1079Ἄλαστεinconsolable α1080Ἀλαστήσειενmight be distraught α1081Ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἡμῖν Μεγαρική τις μηχανήbut we have some Megarian contrivance

Revision history6 revisions · last 26 May 2015

26 May 2015 — David Whitehead
2 Feb 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2000added notes and keywords — David Whitehead
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8 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄλαστε (Adler number alpha 1079), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 8 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1079

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗