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Ἀπόστα · stand away! get out of the way! (α 3545) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α3545

α3541to wear away
α3542implacable
α3543being unenthusiastic
α3544abducting
α3545stand away! get out of the way!
α3546distance
α3547I will be parted from, I will abandon
α3548palisading
α3549I might keep aloof, I might rebel, I might revolt

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Ἀπόστα

stand away! get out of the way!

Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Jun 2001Vetting: high10 revisions

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4 notes · 40 words

Translation

They say not only a)po/sthqi ["stand away!"]¹ but also para/sta ["stand by"].² Menander in Slave-boy [writes]: "then stand away a little!"³ In Double Deceiver [he writes]: "stand by me! I will knock at the door and call one of them."⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπόστα· οὐ μόνον ἀπόστηθι λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ παράστα. Μένανδρος Παιδίῳ· ἐνταῦθ' ἀπόστα μικρόν. Δὶς ἐξαπατῶντι· ἐμοὶ παράστα· τὴν θύραν κόψας ἐγὼ καλῶ τιν' αὐτῶν.

Betacode

*)apo/sta: ou) mo/non a)po/sthqi le/gousin, a)lla\ kai\ para/sta. *me/nandros *paidi/w|: e)ntau=q' a)po/sta mikro/n. *di\s e)capatw=nti: e)moi\ para/sta: th\n qu/ran ko/yas e)gw\ kalw= tin' au)tw=n.

Notes (4)

The headword, presumably extracted from the first quotation given, is second aorist imperative active, second person singular, of the verb a)fi/sthmi. This entry illustrates alternative forms of the intransitive second aorist imperative of compounds of i(/sthmi. Cf. alpha 3556.
1Aorist imperative active, second person singular. ↩
2Aorist imperative active, second person singular, of the verb pari/sthmi. ↩
3Menander fr. 375 Kock, 317 K.-Th., 278 K.-A. ↩
4Menander fr. 124 Kock, 3 Sandbach.

Linked from1 entry

α3556Ἀπόστηθιrenounce![Meaning] go away from! Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] a)posth=nai ["to renounce"], [meaning] to be separated from. "For it is always difficult to renounce what one has by nature. Yet many have experienced…

Neighbouring entries

α3543Ἀποσπουδάζωνbeing unenthusiastic α3544Ἀποσπώντωνabducting α3545Ἀπόσταstand away! get out of the way!α3546Ἀπόστασιςdistance α3547ἈποστατήσωI will be parted from, I will abandon

Revision history10 revisions · last 2 Oct 2015

2 Oct 2015cross-reference — Catharine Roth
30 Sep 2015tweaked translation and notes — Catharine Roth
30 Sep 2015typos — Catharine Roth
29 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
24 Dec 2014 — David Whitehead
5 Apr 2012betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2002restorative and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Jun 2001cosmetics — David Whitehead
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3 Jun 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπόστα (Adler number alpha 3545), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 3 Jun 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3545

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