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Ἄειρε · draw (α 635) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α635

α631ever-flowing
α632eternal virgins, eternally virgins
α633ever-wandering [lips]
α634aeirakos
α635draw
α636drew [out], removed
α637unstrung, unorganized (?)
α638I raise
α639unspoken

Suda/Α alpha/α635

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Ἄειρε

draw

Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic
food

1 note · 11 words

Translation

[Meaning] offer. Homer [writes]: "do not draw for me sweet wine."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄειρε· πρόσφερε. Ὅμηρος· μή μοι οἶνον ἄειρε μελίφρονα.

Betacode

*)/aeire: pro/sfere. *(/omhros: mh/ moi oi)=non a)/eire meli/frona.

Notes (1)

The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is present imperative of a)ei/rw (alpha 638).

1Homer, Iliad 6.264 (web address 1), quoted again at alphaiota 280. The gloss is from the scholia thereto; see also Hesychius alpha1303.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

αι279Αἴρασθαιto lift[Meaning] to bring. Cratinus in Trophonios [writes]: "not to lift food, not to obtain one's allotment of sleep."
αι280Αἶρεlift[Meaning] bring. Homer [writes]: "do not lift me wine." And Aristophanes [writes]: "lift, lift a barley-cake as quickly as possible for the dung-beetle."

Neighbouring entries

α633Ἀείπλαναever-wandering [lips]α634Ἀείρακοςaeirakos α635Ἄειρεdraw α636Ἄειρενdrew [out], removed α637Ἄειροςunstrung, unorganized (?)

Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Apr 2015

30 Apr 2015Revised — David Whitehead
15 Mar 2008updated link — Jennifer Benedict
26 Jan 2006rearranged notes, added cross-reference and keyword, raised status — Catharine Roth
17 Mar 2001augmented notes; added keyword; minor cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄειρε (Adler number alpha 635), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 16 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/635

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