Ἀλιτηροῦ
sinning
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 May 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] offending, stained. "Now out of one of the gods and out of a sinning mind [...]."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλιτηροῦ· ἁμαρτωλοῦ, μιαρᾶς. νῦν δ' ἐκ θεῶν τοῦ κἀξ ἀλιτηροῦ φρενός.
Betacode
*)alithrou=: a(martwlou=, miara=s. nu=n d' e)k qew=n tou= ka)c a)lithrou= freno/s.
Notes (1)
- The headword, genitive singular, is extracted from the quotation given; see further, next note.↩
- 1A version of Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 371 (Adler's
tou= should betou ), with scholion. In fact there are several textual variants (and suggested emendations) there, but thisa)lithrou= features in almost all of them. See web address 1. - 1A version of Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 371 (Adler's
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α1255Ἀλίτημαwrong[Meaning a] sin. Also [sc. attested is the related term] a)lith/mwn, [meaning] the sinner. And it shortens.
- α1257Ἀλιτήριοςsinning[Meaning] unholy, one who is mired in defilement and a wrongdoer against gods. Aristophanes in Knights [writes]: "I say you were born out of those sinning against the goddess [sc. Athena]."
- α1258Ἀλιτήριοιsinners[Meaning] offenders, but they used to be called a)lith/rioi ["sinners"] for the following reason: once famine gripped the Athenians, and the poor were seizing the flour [a)/leura] from those milling [it] [a)lou=ntes].…
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