Ἀλεαίνοιμι
I might keep warm
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Apr 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I might make myself warm. "Then I put this on, so that I might keep warm." Aristophanes [sc. writes this].1
[The verb]a)leai/nein [comes] from us gathering together [a)olli/zesqai ] during the days. And in Athens [the] Heliaia was a lawcourt, [named] from the gathering together of the men [involved]. But others [sc. derive the term] from a)leai/nein , which is to heat and to melt. Some, though, [derive it] from the exhalation which is produced from the mouth on to the fingers; this is called au)/ein ["to blow"] and a)/zein ["to sigh"] by imitation of the sound that [comes] out of the mouth.2
[The verb]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλεαίνοιμι· θερμαινοίμην. ἔπειθ' ἵν' ἀλεαίνοιμι τοῦτ' ἠμπισχόμην. Ἀριστοφάνης. Ἀλεαίνειν· ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀολλίζεσθαι ἡμᾶς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις. καὶ ἐν Ἀθήναις Ἡλιαία δικαστήριον ἦν, ἀπὸ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀλεαίνειν, ὅ ἐστι θερμαίνειν καὶ διαχεῖν. τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς γινομένης διαπνεύσεως ἐκ τοῦ στόματος πρὸς τοὺς δακτύλους· ὃ λέγεται αὔειν καὶ ἄζειν κατὰ μίμησιν τῆς φωνῆς, τῆς ἐκ τοῦ στόματος.
Betacode
*)aleai/noimi: qermainoi/mhn. e)/peiq' i(/n' a)leai/noimi tou=t' h)mpisxo/mhn. *)aristofa/nhs. *)aleai/nein: a)po\ tou= a)olli/zesqai h(ma=s e)n tai=s h(me/rais. kai\ e)n *)aqh/nais *(hliai/a dikasth/rion h)=n, a)po\ th=s sunagwgh=s tw=n a)nqrw/pwn. oi( de\ a)po\ tou= a)leai/nein, o(/ e)sti qermai/nein kai\ diaxei=n. tine\s de\ a)po\ th=s ginome/nhs diapneu/sews e)k tou= sto/matos pro\s tou\s daktu/lous: o(\ le/getai au)/ein kai\ a)/zein kata\ mi/mhsin th=s fwnh=s, th=s e)k tou= sto/matos.
Notes (2)
- For this verb see also alpha 1110, and cf. alpha 1111.
- 1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 540, with scholion; again, summarily, at alpha 1147. Similarly in other lexica. ↩
- 2For the material in this second paragraph see again at eta 239. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- α1110Ἀλεαίνωσινthey would be warmMeaning they might be heated. "They lit a fire, in order both that they would themselves be warm and also that they would give the Romans an impression that they were staying in the area".
- α1111Ἀλεεινόςwarm[Meaning] summery, hot. Xenophon [writes]: "snow having fallen on them, there was great reluctance to get up; insofar as it did not slip off, the snowfall made them warm as they lay".
- α1147ἈλέοιμιI might keep warmMeaning I might make myself warm. Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].
- η239Ἥλιοςsun[sc. The sun is called h(/lios] from being gathered together [a)olli/zesqai] in the daytime. And at Athens there was a lawcourt [called] Heliaia, from the gathering of men. But the sun [is called h(/lios] from warming…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 May 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict