Ἀνώγεων
upstairs, upper storey
Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Jul 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] dwelling-place.
But [sc. note also the spelling]a)nw/geion .
Callisthenes said thata)nw/gewn is the prison.1
*)ana/gaion ["upstairs"] and kata/gaion ["downstairs"] [are spelled] with a diphthong and omicron.2 The standard is perhaps to write a)nw/gewn and katw/gewn with omega and a plain [epsilon], but then the hunter of words3 and the precise orthographer of the corresponding letters Kapnogeneios the Maistor4 taught that these words should be written with the epsilon and the omicron. Only the word meso/gaion ["interior"] permits the diphthong, since it is derived from mesogei/a gh= and meso/geios gh= .
But [sc. note also the spelling]
Callisthenes said that
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνώγεων· οἴκημα. Ἀνώγειον δέ. ὅτι Καλλισθένης τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἀνώγεων εἶπεν. Ἀνάγαιον καὶ Κατάγαιον διὰ διφθόγγου καὶ ο μικροῦ. τὸ δὲ ἀνώγεων καὶ κατώγεων εἰ τάχα καὶ οἱ κανόνες διὰ τοῦ ω μεγάλου καὶ [ε] ψιλοῦ γράφουσιν, ἀλλ' οὖν ὁ τῶν λέξεων θηρατὴς καὶ τῶν τούτων ἀντιστοίχων ἀκριβὴς ὀρθογράφος Καπνογένειος ὁ Μαΐστωρ διὰ τοῦ ε ψιλοῦ καὶ ο μικροῦ ἐξέδοτο ταῦτα γράφεσθαι. τὸ δὲ μεσόγαιον μόνον διὰ διφθόγγου εἴασεν· ἐπειδὴ εὕρηται μεσογεία γῆ καὶ μεσόγειος γῆ.
Betacode
*)anw/gewn: oi)/khma. *)anw/geion de/. o(/ti *kallisqe/nhs to\ desmwth/rion a)nw/gewn ei)=pen. *)ana/gaion kai\ *kata/gaion dia\ difqo/ggou kai\ o mikrou=. to\ de\ a)nw/gewn kai\ katw/gewn ei) ta/xa kai\ oi( kano/nes dia\ tou= w mega/lou kai\ [e] yilou= gra/fousin, a)ll' ou)=n o( tw=n le/cewn qhrath\s kai\ tw=n tou/twn a)ntistoi/xwn a)kribh\s o)rqogra/fos *kapnoge/neios o( *mai/+stwr dia\ tou= e yilou= kai\ o mikrou= e)ce/doto tau=ta gra/fesqai. to\ de\ meso/gaion mo/non dia\ difqo/ggou ei)/asen: e)peidh\ eu(/rhtai mesogei/a gh= kai\ meso/geios gh=.
Notes (4)
- cf. alpha 2550, kappa 1105.↩
- 1Quoted from alpha 1827. ↩
- 2Repeated at alpha 1819. ↩
- 3cf. theta 346, theta 347. ↩
- 4Kaprogeneios in ms M (so Adler); either way attested only here.
Linked from3 entries
- α1819Ἀνάγαιονupper storey[Meaning] a chamber/dwelling-place. *)ana/gaion ["upper storey"] and kata/gaion ["ground floor"] [sc. are spelled] with a diphthong and short o. And look for more explanation under a)nw/gewn.
- α1827ἈναγκαῖονnecessaryThus is the penis called, since it is a token of necessity. "They resorted to force out of necessity." Meaning because of necessities. Isaeus calls the [sc. Athenian] prison a)nagkai=on. But Callisthenes said a)nwgai/wn…
- α2550Ἀνόκαιονupper floor[Meaning] the upstairs living-quarters. Xenophon in Anabasis of Cyrus and those associated with the comic poet Antiphanes [sc. use the word].
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Revision history10 revisions · last 20 Jul 2015
- — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note — David Whitehead
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- removed higher ascii — Ross Scaife ✝
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict