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Ἀμήσαντες · having reaped (α 1579) · Suda

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α1575any which way, somehow or other
α1576verily, amen
α1577endless, interminable
α1578having shovelled up
α1579having reaped
α1580Amesos
α1581milk-cake
α1582reapers
α1583harvest

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Ἀμήσαντες

having reaped

Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Aug 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

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2 notes · 31 words

Translation

Meaning [they] not having cut off.¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)mh/santi, [in the sense of] having harvested.²
In the Epigrams: "never having harvested a Corinthian [harvest], never having tasted bitter poverty."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμήσαντες· ἀντὶ τοῦ μὴ ἀποτεμόντες. καὶ Ἀμήσαντι, θερίσαντι. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· οὐδέ ποτ' ἀμήσαντι Κορινθικόν, οὔποτε πικρᾶς γευσαμένῳ πενίης.

Betacode

*)amh/santes: a)nti\ tou= mh\ a)potemo/ntes. kai\ *)amh/santi, qeri/santi. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: ou)de/ pot' a)mh/santi *korinqiko/n, ou)/pote pikra=s geusame/nw| peni/hs.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword is masculine nominative plural, aorist active participle of LSJ's a)ma/w (A); cf. alpha 1578, eta 318, eta 361. (In the gloss, the "not" makes no sense and should be deleted; cf. Photius s.v. and Hesychius s.v. a)mh/santa.)
2The same participle in the dative singular (from the quotation about to follow, though for the gloss cf. Homer, Iliad 24.451 with scholion). ↩
3Greek Anthology 6.40.7-8 (Macedonius the Consul), a modestly successful farmer's dedication to Demeter; slightly differently at kappa 2090; see Madden (172-175). The plain between Corinth and Sicyon was famous for its fertile soil and abundant harvests; cf. Madden (175).

References

J.A. Madden, Macedonius Consul: The Epigrams, (Hildesheim 1995)

Linked from3 entries

α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up[Meaning he] having dug up. "Having disturbed the mound and having shovelled up the earth he sought the corpse." And meaning having heaped up with his hands. "Much did your tutor mourn, having heaped up dark dust with…
α1582Ἀμητῆρεςreapers[Meaning] harvesters.
α1635Ἀμώμενοιreaping[Meaning they who are] harvesting. Also [sc. attested is] a)mw=sin ["they reap"] similarly. Aristophanes [writes]: "reaping these ears of other people's corn, he's put them in the stocks and is drying them out and wants…

Neighbouring entries

α1577Ἀμήρυτονendless, interminable α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up α1579Ἀμήσαντεςhaving reaped α1580ἈμησὸςAmesos α1581Ἄμηταmilk-cake

Revision history9 revisions · last 15 Aug 2023

15 Aug 2023expanded n.3, added bibliography, added keywords — Ronald Allen
4 Jan 2020tweaked note — Catharine Roth
16 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
16 Feb 2012coding — Catharine Roth
15 Feb 2012another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
16 Aug 2006augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
16 Aug 2006added note, keyword, cross-references — Catharine Roth
7 Oct 2005cosmetics, keyword — Catharine Roth
1 Mar 2001modified headword and translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμήσαντες (Adler number alpha 1579), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 4 Aug 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1579

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗