Ἄνερ
o man, o husband
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[The word occurs] in Aristophanes in Wealth: "o dearest man".1
Usage ofa)/ner : the vocative was not used for the woman's husband,2 as it was by the Poet: "[my] husband, though young you were lost from life."3
Usage of
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄνερ· παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Πλούτῳ· φίλτατε ἄνερ. χρῆσις τοῦ ἄνερ· οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τῆς γυναικὸς εὑρέθη ἡ κλητικὴ, ὥσπερ ἐκεῖ ἐστι παρὰ τῷ Ποιητῇ· ἄνερ, ἀπ' αἰῶνος νέος ὤλετο.