Ἀπέχω
I receive in full
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 May 2001Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. Meaning I took away.
"So we at least are fully grateful, if in fact some gratitude is owed from an elder brother to a younger for his obedience."1
And elsewhere, in the Epigrams: "Asclepius, you receive the debt in full, the one for a wife, Demodice."2
Also, "I receive the wages in full".3
Buta)pe/xomai ["I abstain from"] [is used] with a genitive. "For if Adam had abstained from the tree of knowledge [...]".4
"So we at least are fully grateful, if in fact some gratitude is owed from an elder brother to a younger for his obedience."1
And elsewhere, in the Epigrams: "Asclepius, you receive the debt in full, the one for a wife, Demodice."2
Also, "I receive the wages in full".3
But
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπέχω· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπέλαβον. ὡς ἀπέχομέν γε τὴν χάριν, εἰ δή τις ὀφείλεται καὶ νεωτέρῳ παρὰ ἀδελφοῦ πρεσβυτέρου τοῦ πείθεσθαι χάρις. καὶ αὖθις ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· τὸ χρέος ἀπέχεις, Ἀσκληπιὲ, τὸ πρὸς γυναικὸς Δημοδίκης. καί, ἀπέχω τὰ τροφεῖα. Ἀπέχομαι δὲ γενικῇ. εἰ γὰρ ὁ Ἀδὰμ ἀπέσχετο τοῦ ξύλου τῆς γνώσεως.
Betacode
*)ape/xw: ai)tiatikh=|. a)nti\ tou= a)pe/labon. w(s a)pe/xome/n ge th\n xa/rin, ei) dh/ tis o)fei/letai kai\ newte/rw| para\ a)delfou= presbute/rou tou= pei/qesqai xa/ris. kai\ au)=qis e)n *)epigra/mmasi: to\ xre/os a)pe/xeis, *)asklhpie\, to\ pro\s gunaiko\s *dhmodi/khs. kai/, a)pe/xw ta\ trofei=a. *)ape/xomai de\ genikh=|. ei) ga\r o( *)ada\m a)pe/sxeto tou= cu/lou th=s gnw/sews.
Notes (4)
- The primary headword must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the Greg. Naz. passage quoted below, though not necessarily; there are numerous other possibilities.
- 1Synesius, Epistle 95 (233b). See translation at web address 1. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 6.147.1 (Callimachus); a man's dedication on behalf of his wife who has, presumably, recovered from an illness; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 63) and (vol. II, 180-181). ↩
- 3Gregory of Nazianzus PG 35.928a. ↩
- 4Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form, though its vocabulary is common in Christian writings. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
External resources
- Web address 1 livius.org
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Revision history11 revisions · last 16 Oct 2023
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, added link — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
- typo — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- slightly modified translation — Catharine Roth
- added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict