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Ἀμπέχῃ · wearing (α 1652) · Suda

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α1648vineyard
α1649vineyard
α1650grape-vine, vine
α1651bunch of grapes, cluster of grapes
α1652wearing
α1653shawl, cloak, wrap
α1654failure
α1655having breaths
α1656ebb, ebbing, suckback

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Ἀμπέχῃ

wearing

Translated by Andrew Morrison14 Dec 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

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3 notes · 44 words

Translation

[Used] with a dative. [Meaning] putting on oneself.¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)mpe/xh| ["you are wearing"], meaning you have put on. "O wretch, are you then wearing white?"² Since, he is saying, he has lost his oxen and is [sc. nevertheless] dressed in white.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμπεχόμενος· δοτικῇ. περιβαλλόμενος. καὶ Ἀμπέχῃ, ἀντὶ τοῦ περιβέβλησαι. ὦ κακόδαιμον, εἶτα λευκὸν ἀμπέχῃ; ἐπεί, φησί, τοὺς βόας ἀπώλεσας καὶ λευχειμονεῖς.

Betacode

*)ampexo/menos: dotikh=|. periballo/menos. kai\ *)ampe/xh|, a)nti\ tou= peribe/blhsai. w)= kako/daimon, ei)=ta leuko\n a)mpe/xh|; e)pei/, fhsi/, tou\s bo/as a)pw/lesas kai\ leuxeimonei=s.

Notes (3)

The SOL text wrongly shows the supplementary headword a)pe/xh|, not the primary one a)mpexo/menos.
For the verb a)mpe/xw cf. eta 362.
1The headword, which has the same glossing in other lexica and is evidently quoted from somewhere (there are numerous possibilities), is present middle participle, masculine nominative singular. ↩
2Aristophanes, Acharnians 1024 (loosely quoted): web address 1. ↩
3From the scholia on the line just quoted. Having had his pair of oxen stolen by Boiotians, Derketes ought to be wearing the black of mourning, not the white of festivals.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α1650Ἄμπελοςgrape-vine, vine α1651Ἀμπέλειος βότρυς Ἀμπέλιοςbunch of grapes, cluster of grapes α1652Ἀμπέχῃwearing α1653Ἀμπεχόνηshawl, cloak, wrap α1654Ἀμπλάκημαfailure

Revision history8 revisions · last 19 Jun 2015

19 Jun 2015tweaks — David Whitehead
23 Feb 2012expanded primary note, added link — Catharine Roth
16 Feb 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Sep 2006augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Sep 2006added betacode and cross-reference — Catharine Roth
2 Mar 2001modified headword and notes; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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14 Dec 2000Translated — Andrew Morrison

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμπέχῃ (Adler number alpha 1652), trans. Andrew Morrison, 14 Dec 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1652

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