Αὐαίνεται
is wasting away
Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 Mar 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] is drying out.1 For au)=oi [means those who are] dry.
Also [sc. attested is the related noun]au(asmo/s , [meaning] dryness. The first [syllable] has a rough breathing.2
Aristophanes [writes]: "then the child wastes away."3 And in another place: "so that I wasted away when I saw it."4
Also [sc. attested is the optative]au)ai/noito ["might he/she/it waste away"], [meaning] might he/she/it dry up, let him/her/it disappear.
In the Epigrams: "might envy waste away, but your glory yet increase."5
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]*)Auai/nou li/qos ["stone of Dryness"], from corpses being dry. The stone of Dryness is at Athens.6
Also [sc. attested is the related noun]
Aristophanes [writes]: "then the child wastes away."3 And in another place: "so that I wasted away when I saw it."4
Also [sc. attested is the optative]
In the Epigrams: "might envy waste away, but your glory yet increase."5
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αὐαίνεται· ξηραίνεται. αὖοι γὰρ οἱ ξηροί. καὶ Αὑασμός, ξηρασία. ἡ πρώτη δασύνεται. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐνταῦθα δὴ παιδάριον ἐξαυαίνεται. καὶ ἑτέρωθι· ὥστ' ἔγωγ' ηὐαινόμην θεώμενος. καὶ Αὐαίνοιτο, ξηραίνοιτο, ἀφανιζέσθω. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ὁ φθόνος αὐαίνοιτο, τεὸν δ' ἔτι κῦδος ἀέξοι. καὶ Αὐαίνου λίθος, ἀπὸ τοῦ αὔους τοὺς νεκροὺς εἶναι. Αὐαίνου λίθος ἦν Ἀθήνησιν.
Betacode
*au)ai/netai: chrai/netai. au)=oi ga\r oi( chroi/. kai\ *au(asmo/s, chrasi/a. h( prw/th dasu/netai. *)aristofa/nhs: e)ntau=qa dh\ paida/rion e)cauai/netai. kai\ e(te/rwqi: w(/st' e)/gwg' hu)aino/mhn qew/menos. kai\ *au)ai/noito, chrai/noito, a)fanize/sqw. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: o( fqo/nos au)ai/noito, teo\n d' e)/ti ku=dos a)e/coi. kai\ *au)ai/nou li/qos, a)po\ tou= au)/ous tou\s nekrou\s ei)=nai. *au)ai/nou li/qos h)=n *)aqh/nhsin.
Notes (6)
- 1(cf. generally alpha 4421.) The headword is quoted from Nicander, Theriaca 339; same gloss in the scholia there. ↩
- 2Because of crasis with the definite article
o( . ↩ - 3Aristophanes fr. 612 Kock, now 659 K.-A. ↩
- 4Aristophanes fr. 613 Kock, now 660 K.-A. ↩
- 5Greek Anthology 6.116.5 (Samius [Samus, Samos]), Philip V dedicates a hide and horns to Heracles; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 177), (vol. II, 510), and another extract from this epigram at mu 1096. On the confusion concerning the poet's name, see Gow and Page (vol. II, 509). ↩
- 6From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 194, where this mysterious stone is mentioned. ↩
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)
Linked from3 entries
- α4421Αὐήναςhaving dried, having withered[sc. Means] having dessicated. "having dried [it, Komaulos] dedicated to wine-loving Dionysus the one stealing the gifts of Dionysus." He says [this] about a hedgehog. From the verb au)ai/nw ["I dry"]. "If now while he…
- α4456Αὖονparched[Meaning something] dry. Hesiod [writes]: "to cut the parched from the green." Also in the Epigrams: "and breaking off a chunk of parched bread, the poor-man's sacrifice." And elsewhere: "to some extent he was parched…
- μ1096ΜινύαιMinyans[Another name for] the Argonauts. In the Epigrams: "to you this gift, Alkeides [the] Minyan-fighter, Philip dedicated, the smooth hide of a far-bellowing ox."
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Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Mar 2022
- expanded n.5, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict