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Ἀπερίτροπος · unheeding (α 3046) · 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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α3042uncircumscribed, uncircumscribable
α3043not surrounded with noise
α3044not to be out-talked
α3045not surrounded by trumpets
α3046unheeding
α3047was cast away
α3048he let out
α3049seeking to avert
α3050had broken off

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Ἀπερίτροπος

unheeding

Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 May 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

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1 note · 46 words

Translation

[Meaning] inattentive. "For the child of Agamemnon [is] not unheeding, nor the god who rules by Acheron." By zeugma, a)nepi/strofos [is used] of [Hades] going after his enemies, but he has respect and pays attention. Or [Orestes] not coming back. Hence also the [phrase] "turning-round year."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπερίτροπος· ἀνεπίστροφος. οὔτε γὰρ Ἀγαμεμνονίδης παῖς ἀνεπίτροπος, οὔθ' ὁ παρὰ τὸν Ἀχέροντα θεὸς ἀνάσσων. ἀπὸ κοινοῦ τὸ ἀνεπίστροφος τοῦ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς μετελθεῖν, ἀλλ' ἔχει ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ ἐπιμέλειαν ποιεῖται. ἢ ἀνεπέλευστος. ἔνθεν καὶ τὸ, περιτροπέων ἐνιαυτός.

Betacode

*)aperi/tropos: a)nepi/strofos. ou)/te ga\r *)agamemnoni/dhs pai=s a)nepi/tropos, ou)/q' o( para\ to\n *)axe/ronta qeo\s a)na/sswn. a)po\ koinou= to\ a)nepi/strofos tou= tou\s e)xqrou\s metelqei=n, a)ll' e)/xei e)pistrofh\n kai\ e)pime/leian poiei=tai. h)\ a)nepe/leustos. e)/nqen kai\ to\, peritrope/wn e)niauto/s.

Notes (1)

cf. already alpha 2300, and again pi 1331. The present entry quotes Sophocles, Electra 182-4 (web address 1), with a scholion thereto -- here abbreviated so much as to obscure the sense. According to the scholion, the adjective is used a)po\ koinou= (cf. iota 215), in different senses of Orestes and Hades: of Orestes not returning, and of Hades not pursuing enemies. (For zeugma in this sense see generally LSJ s.v., II: "a figure of speech, wherein two subjects are used jointly with the same predicate, which strictly belongs only to one".)
1Homer, Iliad 2.295 (web address 2 below).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α2300Ἀνεπίτροποςguardian-less"Neither [...] the guardian-less son of Agamemnon nor the god who rules by Acheron."

Neighbouring entries

α3044Ἀπεριλάλητονnot to be out-talked α3045Ἀπερισάλπιγκτοιnot surrounded by trumpets α3046Ἀπερίτροποςunheeding α3047Ἀπερρίφηwas cast away α3048Ἀπέρριψενhe let out

Revision history6 revisions · last 6 Aug 2015

6 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
11 Dec 2011expanded n.1; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Dec 2011tweaked links — Catharine Roth
10 Dec 2011tweaks — Catharine Roth
10 Dec 2011modified translation and notes, added keyword, upgraded links — Catharine Roth
17 May 2001modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 May 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπερίτροπος (Adler number alpha 3046), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 16 May 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3046

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