Ἀζήμιος
penalty-free, with impunity
Translated by Carl Widstrand12 Jan 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] unharmed. Strictly speaking a "zemia" is the loss of life [zwh=s mei/wsis ]; alternatively, what is abominable in life [e)n zwh=| miaro/n ]. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "you surely do not expect, after cheating us, to escape with impunity?"1
Alternatively, the truth [is] penalty-free, in not suffering a penalty for what has happened.2
Alternatively, the truth [is] penalty-free, in not suffering a penalty for what has happened.2