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Ἀπέθρισεν · bit off (α 2985) · 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

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α2981it seemed good not, it was resolved not
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α2983they fled
α2984died
α2985bit off
α2986sat apart
α2987was calling away, was recalling
α2988starved himself to death.
α2989they were frozen off

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Ἀπέθρισεν

bit off

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Dec 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] clipped off, cut off.
"A cat bit your head off, but he snatched all the rest, and she did not sate her evil jaw."¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)pe/qerse [which means] the same.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπέθρισεν· ἀπέκειρεν, ἀπέκοψε. σὴν κεφαλὴν αἴλουρος ἀπέθρισεν, ἄλλα τε πάντα ἥρπασε, καὶ φθονερὴν οὐκ ἐκόρεσσε γένυν. καὶ Ἀπέθερσε τὸ αὐτό.

Betacode

*)ape/qrisen: a)pe/keiren, a)pe/koye. sh\n kefalh\n ai)/louros a)pe/qrisen, a)/lla te pa/nta h(/rpase, kai\ fqonerh\n ou)k e)ko/resse ge/nun. kai\ *)ape/qerse to\ au)to/.

Notes (1)

[1] Greek Anthology 7.204.5-6 (Agathias Scholasticus), here misquoted: it should be "I snatched". This poem is addressed to a partridge which has had its head bitten off. Find further excerpts from this epigram at alphaiota 159, eta 513, theta 15, and mu 715. Agathias continues the story in Greek Anthology 7.205, where it is revealed that the cat is female; cf. omicroniota 64.
2Attested only here.

Linked from1 entry

αι159ΑἰθύσσωI stir upThe [verb that means] I heat up, I stretch out. "Nor by the gleamings of the blossom-eyed Early-born-one do you stir along the tips of your warming wings." Also [sc. attested is the present participle] ai)qu/sswn…

Neighbouring entries

α2983Ἀπέδρανthey fled α2984Ἀπέθανενdied α2985Ἀπέθρισενbit off α2986Ἀπεκάθητοsat apart α2987Ἀπεκάλειwas calling away, was recalling

Revision history7 revisions · last 7 Sep 2023

7 Sep 2023further expanded n.1, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
4 Sep 2023tweaked translation after discussion with Managing Editor Catharine Roth, expanded n.1 — Ronald Allen
6 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
26 Mar 2012augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Aug 2002augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
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11 Dec 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπέθρισεν (Adler number alpha 2985), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 11 Dec 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2985

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