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Ἀνεμάξατο · wiped off (α 2199) · 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

Near α2199

α2195Andronian donkey
α2196men's chamber, men's quarters
α2197Anaia, Anaea
α2198shameless
α2199wiped off
α2200bloodless [ones]
α2201to reject, to spurn
α2202having been taken up
α2203used up

Suda/Α alpha/α2199

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Ἀνεμάξατο

wiped off

Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 22 words

Translation

"Everything he did he wiped off and paid the price for with his own head." Thus Aelian [writes] in Concerning Divine Manifestations.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνεμάξατο· πάντα ὅσα ἔδρασεν ἀνεμάξατο καὶ ἔτισε τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κεφαλῇ. οὕτως Αἰλιανὸς ἐν τῷ Περὶ θείων ἐναργείων.

Betacode

*)anema/cato: pa/nta o(/sa e)/drasen a)nema/cato kai\ e)/tise th=| e(autou= kefalh=|. ou(/tws *ai)liano\s e)n tw=| *peri\ qei/wn e)nargei/wn.

Notes (1)

The headword -- aorist middle, third person singular, of a)nama/ssw -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
The LSJ entry on this verb (web address 1) notes, in relation to its earliest appearances (in Homer and Herodotus), the idea that murder left a stain of pollution which could be erased by wiping off the sword on the head of the slain victim. Later instances, probably including the present one, are figurative rather than literal.
1Aelian fr. 21 Domingo-Forasté (21 Hercher); again at alpha 2253.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α2253Ἀνεμάξατοwiped off"Everything he did he wiped off and paid the price for with his own head." Thus Aelian [writes] in Concerning Divine Manifestations.

Neighbouring entries

α2197ἈναίαAnaia, Anaea α2198Ἀναιδέςshameless α2199Ἀνεμάξατοwiped off α2200Ἀναίμονεςbloodless [ones]α2201Ἀναίνεσθαιto reject, to spurn

Revision history5 revisions · last 17 Aug 2013

17 Aug 2013tweaked note — Catharine Roth
1 Mar 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Apr 2011updated reference in note 2, added keywords — Catharine Roth
2 Aug 2002added keyword — David Whitehead
2 Nov 2000augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀνεμάξατο (Adler number alpha 2199), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 1 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2199

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