Ἀγέλαιος
ordinary
Translated by Gregory Hays23 Jun 1999Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγέλαιος· προπαροξυτόνως μὲν ὁ ἀμαθής· Ἀγελαῖος δὲ ὁ ἐκ τῆς ἀγέλης.
Betacode
*)age/laios: proparocuto/nws me\n o( a)maqh/s: *)agelai=os de\ o( e)k th=s a)ge/lhs.
Notes (2)
- From. John Philoponus, Differences alpha32. See generally LSJ s.v. The difference in accent is an instance of Vendryes' Law: in the Attic dialect properispomena ending in↩
-aios ,-eios , or-oios , with the preceding syllable short, became proparoxytone. Cf. e.g. alpha 309.- 1With an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable. ↩
- 2For this second sense cf. alpha 187.
Linked from3 entries
- α184Ἀγελαία σταφυλήordinary bunch of grapes[Meaning] the cheap [sort]. Also [sc. attested is] a)gelai=a ["ordinary things"], [meaning] those with no distinction.
- α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary[Meaning] no-account fellow [i)diw/ths]. Or the lead animal in the herd. Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] "of a)gelai=oi", of no-account fellows, of rustics. "Such-and-such is likely enough of [= in] ordinary…
- α188Ἀγελαιώνpasture[Meaning] the herd's place.
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- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
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- expanded note — David Whitehead
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