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Ἄζηλον · unenviable (α 590) · Suda

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α586Azeiotai, Azeotae
α587seethes
α588Azeios, Azeius
α589gloomy
α590unenviable
α591loss-free
α592penalty-free, with impunity
α593Azenas
α594Azenieus, Azenia-man

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Ἄζηλον

unenviable

Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Mar 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics
tragedy
women

2 notes · 41 words

Translation

[Meaning something] which one would not envy. "Thus unenviable was the deed you claim I did."¹
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/zhlos bi/os ["unenviable life"], [meaning] a miserable [one]. "Finding an unenviable life out of happinesses, they come before you."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄζηλον· ὃ οὐκ ἄν τις ζηλώσει. ἄζηλον οὕτως ἔργον ἐργάσθαι με φῄς. καὶ Ἄζηλος βίος, ὁ εὐτελής. ἐξ ὀλβίων ἄζηλον εὑροῦσαι βίον, χωροῦσι πρὸς σέ.

Betacode

*)/azhlon: o(\ ou)k a)/n tis zhlw/sei. a)/zhlon ou(/tws e)/rgon e)rga/sqai me fh/|s. kai\ *)/azhlos bi/os, o( eu)telh/s. e)c o)lbi/wn a)/zhlon eu(rou=sai bi/on, xwrou=si pro\s se/.

Notes (2)

The headword, extracted from the first quotation given, is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective.
1Sophocles, Trachiniae 745 (web address 1 below), with scholion. ↩
2Lines 284-5 of the same play (web address 2 below), on the captive womenfolk of Oechalia.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α589Ἀζηλόενgloomy[Meaning] that which is black/dark.

Neighbouring entries

α588ἈζήϊοςAzeios, Azeius α589Ἀζηλόενgloomy α590Ἄζηλονunenviable α591Ἀζήμιθρονloss-free α592Ἀζήμιοςpenalty-free, with impunity

Revision history9 revisions · last 29 Apr 2015

29 Apr 2015 — David Whitehead
19 Jan 2012upgraded links — Catharine Roth
12 Jan 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Mar 2008updated Perseus links — Jennifer Benedict
16 Aug 2006augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
6 May 2002restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2001modified translation — David Whitehead
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19 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄζηλον (Adler number alpha 590), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 19 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/590

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