Ἀεὶ ἔστω

eternal being

Translated by Carl Widstrand · 19 Feb 2000 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions

Translation

Antiphon [sc. uses this word for] eternity and that which always stands in the same [circumstances]. Just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"].¹ The reading of Diogenianus in Truth [in the] second [book].²

Greek original

Ἀεὶ ἔστω· Ἀντιφῶν τὴν ἀϊδιότητα καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀεὶ ἑστάναι. ὥσπερ καὶ εὐεστὼ ἡ εὐδαιμονία καλεῖται. ἡ λέξις Διογενιανὸς ἐν Ἀληθείᾳ δευτέρῳ.

Betacode

*)aei\ e)/stw: *)antifw=n th\n a)i+dio/thta kai\ to\ e)pi\ tw=n au)tw=n a)ei\ e(sta/nai. w(/sper kai\ eu)estw\ h( eu)daimoni/a kalei=tai. h( le/cis *diogeniano\s e)n *)alhqei/a| deute/rw|.

Notes (2)

[1] From Harpokration s.v., where the manuscripts have the headword as either two words (as here) or one. More important, whereas Adler prints e)/stw here, so as to produce the imperative phrase "let him/her/it always be", she has ai)eiestw/ at the doublet alphaiota 103 (and cf. epsilon 3446), which is clearly correct.
1Antiphon the Sophist, 87 B 22 in Diels/Kranz, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. II, Berlin 1922, p. 289 ff. (On the Antiphons, one or two, see alpha 2744, alpha 2745, alpha 2746, and generally OCD(4) p.108; also R.K. Sprague (ed.), The older sophists (London 1972).) ↩
2(An addition to Harpok. The Suda mss have Diogenianus in the nominative, which Adler prints; it should obviously be genitive, as in Photius.) On the scholar Diogenianus of Heraclea, who had evidently produced an edition of Antiphon's Truth, see delta 1139, delta 1140, and generally OCD(4) pp.457-8, under Diogenianus(2).

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Linked from (2)

α3071Ἀπεστώabsence αι103Αἰεὶ ἐστώeternal being

Neighbours in Adler order

α615Ἀειδήςformless, indistinct α616Ἀειδίνητοςever-revolving α617ἈειδώνιοςAeidonios α618Ἀεὶ ἔστωeternal being α619Ἀειθαλήςevergreen α620Ἀεικέλιοςunseemly, shameful, contemptible α621Ἄεικεςunalike

Revisions (8)

24 Nov 2014Catharine Rothitalics
30 Jul 2014David Whiteheadupdated OCD refs
20 Jul 2011David Whiteheadcosmetics
16 Aug 2006David Whiteheadbetacoding and other cosmetics
6 Jun 2002David Whiteheadmodified headword; rearrangement, modification and augmentation of notes; cosmetics
9 May 2002Catharine Rothprovisionally modified the translation, added some keywords
19 Feb 2000Carl Widstrandtranslated

Greek original

Betacode

*)aei\ e)/stw: *)antifw=n th\n a)i+dio/thta kai\ to\ e)pi\ tw=n au)tw=n a)ei\ e(sta/nai. w(/sper kai\ eu)estw\ h( eu)daimoni/a kalei=tai. h( le/cis *diogeniano\s e)n *)alhqei/a| deute/rw|.

Notes (2)

[1] From Harpokration s.v., where the manuscripts have the headword as either two words (as here) or one. More important, whereas Adler prints e)/stw here, so as to produce the imperative phrase "let him/her/it always be", she has ai)eiestw/ at the doublet alphaiota 103 (and cf. epsilon 3446), which is clearly correct.

1Antiphon the Sophist, 87 B 22 in Diels/Kranz, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. II, Berlin 1922, p. 289 ff. (On the Antiphons, one or two, see alpha 2744, alpha 2745, alpha 2746, and generally OCD(4) p.108; also R.K. Sprague (ed.), The older sophists (London 1972).) ↩

2(An addition to Harpok. The Suda mss have Diogenianus in the nominative, which Adler prints; it should obviously be genitive, as in Photius.) On the scholar Diogenianus of Heraclea, who had evidently produced an edition of Antiphon's Truth, see delta 1139, delta 1140, and generally OCD(4) pp.457-8, under Diogenianus(2).