Αὐτοσφαγῆ

suicide

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 52 words
[Meaning] him who is slain by himself. Ajax says: "may they seize and carry off those evil men most evilly and with complete destruction, [and] just as they see me fall a suicide, so slain by their own hands may they perish at the hands of their dearest relatives." Sophocles says [this].1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αὐτοσφαγῆ· τὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ ἀναιρούμενον. Αἴας φησί· καί σφας κακοὺς κάκιστα καὶ πανωλέθρους ξυναρπάσειαν, ὥσπερ εἰσορῶσ' ἐμὲ αὐτοσφαγῆ πίπτοντα, τὼς αὐτοσφαγεῖς πρὸς τῶν φιλτάτων ἐκγόνων ὀλοίατο. Σοφοκλῆς φησιν.

Betacode
*au)tosfagh=: to\n u(f' e(autou= a)nairou/menon. *ai)/as fhsi/: kai/ sfas kakou\s ka/kista kai\ panwle/qrous cunarpa/seian, w(/sper ei)sorw=s' e)me\ au)tosfagh= pi/ptonta, tw\s au)tosfagei=s pro\s tw=n filta/twn e)kgo/nwn o)loi/ato. *sofoklh=s fhsin.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, accusative case, is extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Sophocles, Ajax 839-842; web address 1 below. (Editors have suspected textual corruption here, i.e. an intrusive gloss inflating the last clause, which might simply be "so may they [too] perish".) ↩

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α4525Αὐτός τι νῦν δρῶν εἶτα τοὺς θεοὺς κάλειdo something now (and) then call upon the godsα4526Αὐτόστοιχοςindependentα4527Αὐτοσφαγῆsuicideα4528Αὐτοσχέδιονextemporaneous, improvisedα4529Αὐτότατοςhis very self
Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Dec 2015
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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