Ἀγενής

family-less

Translated by David Whitehead29 Sep 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

8 words

Isaeus [sc. uses this word] to mean a)/pais["childless"].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγενής· Ἰσαῖος ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄπαις.

Betacode

*)agenh/s: *)isai=os a)nti\ tou= a)/pais.

Isaeus 2.1 (web address 1), cited from Harpokration s.v. In fact the transmitted texts of Isaeus have a)/pais; it is therefore likely that a)ge/nhs is an ancient variant which dropped out of the textual tradition.