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Αὐτούργητον · self-wrought (α 4532) · Suda

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α4528extemporaneous, improvised
α4529his very self
α4530self-sufficient
α4531right here
α4532self-wrought
α4533suicidal
α4534most innate, very innate
α4535suicides
α4536from their own soil, autochthonous

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Αὐτούργητον

self-wrought

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Aug 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

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1 note · 14 words

Translation

[Meaning one that is] natural. In the Epigrams: "and a self-wrought stool of heath".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αὐτούργητον· αὐτοφυές. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· καὶ αὐτούργητον ἐρείκης βάθρον.

Betacode

*au)tou/rghton: au)tofue/s. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ au)tou/rghton e)rei/khs ba/qron.

Notes (1)

The headword adjective, accusative case, is extracted from the quotation given.
1Greek Anthology 6.33.5-6 (Maikios/Maecius/Maccius), a dedication by fishermen to Priapus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 280-283; and vol. II, 313) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1032, beta 597, pi 2275, rho 222, sigma 22, and phi 258. For heath, Erica arborea, cf. e.g. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 295 and omicron 131.

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)

Linked from2 entries

α1032Ἀκταίηcoastal, seashore[Meaning (?)land] by the sea. In the Epigrams: "these gifts to you from a seashore profit." And elsewhere: "and I/they saw a crowd of seashore frogs."
β597Βυσσοδομοῦντεςbrooding, ruminating[Meaning they] pondering deeply. Also [sc. attested is] bu/sswma ["flax-net"]. "Trapping the roundel of tunnies with flax-nets of well spun linen in the grayish approaches of the sea."

Neighbouring entries

α4530Αὐτοτελήςself-sufficient α4531Αὐτοῦright here α4532Αὐτούργητονself-wrought α4533Αὐτοφόνῳsuicidal α4534Αὐτοφυέστατονmost innate, very innate

Revision history9 revisions · last 10 Aug 2019

10 Aug 2019augmented n.1, added cross-reference, added keywords — Ronald Allen
26 Nov 2018expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
31 Oct 2014cosmetics — David Whitehead
31 Oct 2014 — Catharine Roth
31 Oct 2014coding — Catharine Roth
4 May 2012another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
3 Aug 2001augmented note; added keywords — David Whitehead
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2 Aug 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αὐτούργητον (Adler number alpha 4532), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 2 Aug 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4532

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