Ἄελπτα
unexpected [things]
Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Apr 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] unhoped-for [ones],1 unlooked-for [ones]. Aristophanes [writes]: "in truth there are many unexpected [things] in this long life."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄελπτα· ἀνέλπιστα, ἀπροσδόκητα. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἦ πόλλ' ἄελπτ' ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ μακρῷ βίῳ.
Betacode
*)/aelpta: a)ne/lpista, a)prosdo/khta. *)aristofa/nhs: h)= po/ll' a)/elpt' e)sti\n e)n tw=| makrw=| bi/w|.