Ἁλωάς

threshing-floors, orchards

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 1 Jun 2000 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions

Translation

[sc. The same as] a(lwni/ai, the places where grain is threshed. It is also tree-bearing ground. [The noun] a(lw|h/ [comes] from the [verb] a(loiw= with an iota. "Wasting Oeneus' orchard."¹
But [sc. the headword] a(lwa/s [comes] from the [noun] a(/lws, without an iota.
[sc. The genitive] a(/lwnos is used, and the dative a(/lwni.
"Here by the threshing-floor, o ant, much-suffering worker, I built for you a tomb of dry clod."²

Greek original

Ἁλωάς· ἁλωνίας, τοὺς τόπους ἔνθα ὁ σῖτος ἁλοᾶται. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἡ δενδροφόρος γῆ. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀλοιῶ ἐστὶν ἁλῳὴ σὺν τῷ ι. ἔθων Οἰνῆος ἁλῳήν. τὸ δὲ ἁλωὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἅλως, ἄνευ τοῦ ι. λέγεται δὲ Ἅλωνος καὶ ἅλωνι ἡ δοτική. αὐτοῦ σοι παρ' ἅλωνι δυηπαθὲς ἐργάτα μύρμηξ ἠρίον ἐκ βώλου διψάδος ἐκτισάμην.

Betacode

*(alwa/s: a(lwni/as, tou\s to/pous e)/nqa o( si=tos a(loa=tai. e)/sti de\ kai\ h( dendrofo/ros gh=. a)po\ tou= a)loiw= e)sti\n a(lw|h\ su\n tw=| i. e)/qwn *oi)nh=os a(lw|h/n. to\ de\ a(lwa\s a)po\ tou= a(/lws, a)/neu tou= i. le/getai de\ *(/alwnos kai\ a(/lwni h( dotikh/. au)tou= soi par' a(/lwni duhpaqe\s e)rga/ta mu/rmhc h)ri/on e)k bw/lou diya/dos e)ktisa/mhn.

Notes (2)

The headword is accusative plural, quoted from Homer, Iliad 5.499 (web address 1); cf. the scholia there.
cf. generally alpha 1305, alpha 1321, alpha 1330, alpha 1372, alpha 1385.
1Homer Iliad 9.540 (web address 2). ↩
2Greek Anthology 7.209.1-2 (generally attributed to Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for an ant; again at delta 1567; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 30), (vol. II, 79-80), and another extract from this epigram at eta 511.

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References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from (6)

α1372ἉλῶαHaloa α1375Ἁλωαίgrounds, fields, orchards α1378Ἁλωήthreshing-floor, field, orchard α1383Ἁλωνευόμενοςseeing to the threshing α1385Ἁλωνίαthreshing-floor δ1567Δυηπαθήςmisery-suffering

Neighbours in Adler order

α1370Ἁλῶwould be caught, would be convicted α1371Ἁλῶconvicted α1372ἉλῶαHaloa α1373Ἁλωάςthreshing-floors, orchards α1374Ἀλώβητονunblemished α1375Ἁλωαίgrounds, fields, orchards α1376Ἁλῷενthey might be carried off

Revisions (8)

18 Jul 2021Ronald Allenadded links, expanded n.2, added bibliography
16 Mar 2012Catharine Rothcoding
10 Feb 2012David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics
27 Mar 2005Catharine Rothadded cross-reference
1 Jul 2002Catharine Rothadded cross-reference
30 Jun 2002David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; cosmetics
1 Jun 2000Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*(alwa/s: a(lwni/as, tou\s to/pous e)/nqa o( si=tos a(loa=tai. e)/sti de\ kai\ h( dendrofo/ros gh=. a)po\ tou= a)loiw= e)sti\n a(lw|h\ su\n tw=| i. e)/qwn *oi)nh=os a(lw|h/n. to\ de\ a(lwa\s a)po\ tou= a(/lws, a)/neu tou= i. le/getai de\ *(/alwnos kai\ a(/lwni h( dotikh/. au)tou= soi par' a(/lwni duhpaqe\s e)rga/ta mu/rmhc h)ri/on e)k bw/lou diya/dos e)ktisa/mhn.

Notes (2)

The headword is accusative plural, quoted from Homer, Iliad 5.499 (web address 1); cf. the scholia there.
cf. generally alpha 1305, alpha 1321, alpha 1330, alpha 1372, alpha 1385.

1Homer Iliad 9.540 (web address 2). ↩

2Greek Anthology 7.209.1-2 (generally attributed to Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for an ant; again at delta 1567; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 30), (vol. II, 79-80), and another extract from this epigram at eta 511.