Ἅλωμαι

I would leap

Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 May 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

7 words

The [verb that means] I would bound.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἅλωμαι· τὸ πηδῶ.

Betacode

*(/alwmai: to\ phdw=.

Notes

From the margin (Adler reports) of ms A.
The headword, presumably quoted from somewhere (but attested only here), is aorist subjunctive of the verb a(/llomai; cf. alpha 1326.

Linked from1 entry

α1421Ἅλοιτοmight spring[Meaning he/she/it] might move, might start. "Might [= 'may'] the ivy of the stage always spring with soft feet on your polished grave, god-like Sophocles."

Neighbouring entries

α1378Ἁλωήthreshing-floor, field, orchard α1379Ἀλώμενοςroaming α1380ἍλωμαιI would leap α1381Ἁλῶν δὲ φόρτος ἔνθεν ἦλθεν ἔνθ' ἔβηa cargo of salt, whence it comes, there it goes α1382Ἁλῶναιto be caught, to be convicted

Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Jun 2015

13 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
10 Feb 2012expanded note — David Whitehead
1 Jul 2002added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 May 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict