Αὖθις
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Translated by William Hutton24 Mar 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] from the beginning, again, for a second time.
They employ these things, along with 'again' [palin ], in tandem.
It must be pointed out thatau)=qis [is] Attic, but au)=tis Homeric.1
*au)=tis [can mean] 'backwards'; au)=qis [is] temporal.
"O twin-gated outline of rock, back once more again I will go to you bereft, having no livelihood."2
"Back once more again" [means] from the very beginning again. Or for a second time indeed again.
They employ these things, along with 'again' [
It must be pointed out that
"O twin-gated outline of rock, back once more again I will go to you bereft, having no livelihood."2
"Back once more again" [means] from the very beginning again. Or for a second time indeed again.