Ἄχθομαι
I am sick [of], I am grieved by
Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Jun 2001Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I am distressed, I am irritated.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "I am sick of their peacocks and their quackery." Meaning their ornamental gowns; since a peacock [is] ornamental; or because they used to wear purple and tiaras.2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I am sick of his filth",3 meaning his illiberality and pettiness. For they applied the [term]r(u/pos to those who are stingy and illiberal. Thus at any rate they call such men "dirty-knuckled" [rhupokonduloi].
And Aristophanes [writes]: "for I am sick of onions."4
And Josephus [writes]: "God was grieved at the survival of the king of the Amalekites and at the crowd's plundering of the cattle, because these things were done without his consent."5
Also [sc. attested is the participle]a)xqo/menoi ["they being grieved"], [meaning] being distressed, oppressed. "Around midday, being grieved by the sun, they laid down their arms."6
Also attested is the related nouna)/xqos ["grief"], [meaning] distress, pain.7
Aristophanes [writes]: "I am sick of their peacocks and their quackery." Meaning their ornamental gowns; since a peacock [is] ornamental; or because they used to wear purple and tiaras.2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I am sick of his filth",3 meaning his illiberality and pettiness. For they applied the [term]
And Aristophanes [writes]: "for I am sick of onions."4
And Josephus [writes]: "God was grieved at the survival of the king of the Amalekites and at the crowd's plundering of the cattle, because these things were done without his consent."5
Also [sc. attested is the participle]
Also attested is the related noun