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Ἁλωτόν · attainable, capturable (α 1404) · 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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α1400you are using up water for nothing
α1401easily-caught [things]
α1402capture of Jerusalem
α1403otherwise and
α1404attainable, capturable
α1405haloto
α1406to someone else
α1407Alp
α1408groves, sacred groves

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Ἁλωτόν

attainable, capturable

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 45 words

Translation

[Meaning] that which is capable of being taken.
"Everything that is sought is attainable; but that which is overlooked escapes."¹
Also [sc. attested is] a(lwtoi/, [meaning those who are] apprehendable, able to be subdued.²
And Euripides [writes]: "may I never be caught doing bad things."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁλωτόν· τὸ ληφθῆναι δυνάμενον. πᾶν τὸ ζητούμενον, ἁλωτόν· ἐκφεύγει δὲ τἀμελούμενον. καὶ Ἁλωτοί· ληπτοί, χειρωτοί. καὶ Εὐριπίδης· οὐ μή ποθ' ἁλῶ κακὰ πράσσων.

Betacode

*(alwto/n: to\ lhfqh=nai duna/menon. pa=n to\ zhtou/menon, a(lwto/n: e)kfeu/gei de\ ta)melou/menon. kai\ *(alwtoi/: lhptoi/, xeirwtoi/. kai\ *eu)ripi/dhs: ou) mh/ poq' a(lw= kaka\ pra/sswn.

Notes (3)

The neuter singular headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given.
1Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 110-111 (which does not have "everything"). ↩
2This nominative plural has the same glossing in other lexica. It is evidently quoted from somewhere -- probably Thucydides 6.77.2 (a phrase quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in his study of that writer). ↩
3Euripides fr. 918 Nauck; cf. pi 40.

Linked from2 entries

α1405ἉλωτῶhalotoA verb.
α1413Ἁλοίηmight be conquered[Meaning he/she/it] might be overcome. Also [sc. attested is] a(loi=en ["they might be conquered"], [meaning] they might be taken.

Neighbouring entries

α1402Ἅλωσις Ἱερουσαλήμcapture of Jerusalem α1403Ἄλλως τεotherwise and α1404Ἁλωτόνattainable, capturable α1405Ἁλωτῶhaloto α1406Ἄλλῳ τῳto someone else

Revision history7 revisions · last 13 Jun 2015

13 Jun 2015 — David Whitehead
10 Feb 2012augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Mar 2006tweaked headword; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Jul 2002augmented notes; restorative and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Feb 2001added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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8 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἁλωτόν (Adler number alpha 1404), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 8 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1404

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 ↗