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Ἀεργηλή · non-working (α 557) · Suda

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Ἀεργηλή

non-working

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Apr 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

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2 notes · 23 words

Translation

[Meaning] idle,¹ non-functioning.
In the Epigrams: "tired from trembling old age [Daphnis the piper] with his non-working hand dedicates this staff [to Pan]."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀεργηλή· ἀργὴ, ἄπρακτος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· τρομερῷ γήραϊ κάμνων χειρὸς ἀεργηλᾶς ἀνέθηκε κορύναν.

Betacode

*)aerghlh/: a)rgh\, a)/praktos. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: tromerw=| gh/rai+ ka/mnwn xeiro\s a)erghla=s a)ne/qhke koru/nan.

Notes (2)

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is feminine nominative singular of the epic/poetic adjective a)erghlo/s, perhaps (though not demonstrably) generated by the feminine genitive singular a)erghla=s in the quotation given.
1cf. Hesychius' glossing of a)erghlo/n with a)rgo/n. ↩
2An abbreviation of Greek Anthology 6.73.1-3 (Makedonios); cf. Madden (183-185). See another extract from this epigram at sigma 466.

References

J.A. Madden, Macedonius Consul: The Epigrams, (Hildesheim 1995)

Linked from1 entry

α558Ἀεργόςnon-working[Meaning] idle.

Neighbouring entries

α555Ἀέξετοwas growing, was waxing α556Ἀερέθονταιthey drive on α557Ἀεργηλήnon-working α558Ἀεργόςnon-working α559Ἀέριον ὕδωρaerial water

Revision history9 revisions · last 16 Aug 2023

16 Aug 2023expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
27 Apr 2015 — David Whitehead
13 Jan 2012coding — Catharine Roth
12 Jan 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2003added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Jan 2001Added link. — Catharine Roth
23 Jan 2001Modified translation. — Catharine Roth
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10 Apr 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀεργηλή (Adler number alpha 557), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Apr 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/557

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 ↗