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Ἀτάλλων · fostering; skipping (α 4317) · 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 α4317

α4313unpainstaking
α4314[in] delicate [fillies], [in] tender [fillies]
α4315Attaleia, Attalia
α4316Attalos, Attalus
α4317fostering; skipping
α4318unregulated, without stewardship
α4319but yet
α4320dauntless
α4321but then

Suda/Α alpha/α4317

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Ἀτάλλων

fostering; skipping

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Mar 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning one who is] rearing. Sophocles [writes]: "feed on light breezes, fostering your young soul."¹ Ajax says [this] to his own son.
It also means ski/rtwn ["bounding"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀτάλλων· τρέφων. Σοφοκλῆς· κούφοις πνεύμασι βόσκου, νέαν ψυχὴν ἀτάλλων. Αἴας φησὶ πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον τέκνον. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὸ σκιρτῶν.

Betacode

*)ata/llwn: tre/fwn. *sofoklh=s: kou/fois pneu/masi bo/skou, ne/an yuxh\n a)ta/llwn. *ai)/as fhsi\ pro\s to\ i)/dion te/knon. shmai/nei de\ kai\ to\ skirtw=n.

Notes (2)

The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is present participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)ta/llw. Similar material in other lexica.
1Sophocles, Ajax 558-9 (web address 1 below); cf. kappa 2199. ↩
2cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.27, where a)/talle occurs (web address 2).

External resources

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

Neighbouring entries

α4315ἈττάλειαAttaleia, Attalia α4316ἌτταλοςAttalos, Attalus α4317Ἀτάλλωνfostering; skipping α4318Ἀταμίευτονunregulated, without stewardship α4319Ἀτάρbut yet

Revision history6 revisions · last 8 Dec 2015

8 Dec 2015tweaked links — Catharine Roth
2 Sep 2015 — David Whitehead
28 Apr 2012augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Apr 2002augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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22 Mar 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀτάλλων (Adler number alpha 4317), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 22 Mar 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4317

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 ↗