Ἄπει
you will go away
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Jun 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning you will depart. Sophocles [sc. uses the word].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄπει· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπελεύσῃ. Σοφοκλῆς.
Betacode
*)/apei: a)nti\ tou= a)peleu/sh|. *sofoklh=s.
Notes
- Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 430-431:
ou) pa/lin ... a)/pei ; "won't you go away?" = "go away!"
Indicative forms ofa)pie/nai are used with present sense in Homer, but usually with future sense in Attic. See alpha 3138 and alpha 3208.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Mar 2012
- tweaked Greek — Catharine Roth
- Greek typo; other tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth