Ἄβιος

full-lived

Translated by Anne Mahoney26 Aug 1998Vetting: high12 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

Antiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living.¹ Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄβιος· Ἀντιφῶν τὸν ἄβιον ἐπὶ τοῦ πολὺν τὸν βίον τάττει κεκτημένου. ὥσπερ καὶ Ὅμηρος τὸ ἄξυλον ἀντὶ τοῦ πολύξυλον.

Betacode

*)/abios: *)antifw=n to\n a)/bion e)pi\ tou= polu\n to\n bi/on ta/ttei kekthme/nou. w(/sper kai\ *(/omhros to\ a)/culon a)nti\ tou= polu/culon.