Ἀήτης
gale
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2001Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the wind.1
And just ash(gh/sw ["I will lead"] [is cognate with the noun] h(ghth/s ["leader"]; [and] poih/sw ["I will create"] [with] poihth/s ["creator"]; so it was necessary [to postulate the sequence] a)/w ["I blow"], a)h/sw ["I will blow"], a)hth/s ["blower"]. But this is wrong.2
"When at night on the Carpathian sea with a gale encircling".3
And just as
"When at night on the Carpathian sea with a gale encircling".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀήτης· ὁ ἄνεμος. καὶ ὥσπερ ἡγήσω, ἡγητής· ποιήσω, ποιητής· οὕτως ἔδει ἄω, ἀήσω, ἀητής. ἀλλ' ἡμάρτηται. Καρπαθίην ὅτε νυκτὸς ἅλα στρέψαντος ἀήτου.
Betacode
*)ah/ths: o( a)/nemos. kai\ w(/sper h(gh/sw, h(ghth/s: poih/sw, poihth/s: ou(/tws e)/dei a)/w, a)h/sw, a)hth/s. a)ll' h(ma/rthtai. *karpaqi/hn o(/te nukto\s a(/la stre/yantos a)h/tou.
Notes (3)
- The headword is epic/poetic: see LSJ s.v. at web address 1 below.
- 1Same glossing in Hesychius (alpha1520), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 9.139, where the plural occurs. ↩
- 2The equivalent entry, post-Suda, in the Etymologicum Magnum (23.29-31) makes no such remark. Presumably what the Suda means is that
a/w) is attested only in the imperfecta)/en : see LSJ s.v.a)/w (A) at web address 2 below. The verb is usually athematic:a)/hmi . ↩ - 3Greek Anthology 6.245.1 (Diodorus), where the participle is
ste/yantos , not thestre/yantos given here. "Carpathian" relates to the Aegean island of Carpathos, between Rhodes and Crete (Karpathos, Barrington Atlas map 60 grid E4). The epigram, the sailor Diogenes's dedication of a promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6) during a storm at sea, is attributed to Diodorus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 234-235; and vol. II, 267-268) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1108, beta 390, lambda 183, and lambda 733. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α1108Ἀλέγοιςmight you have a care for[sc. Meaning] might you succour, might you aid. "Might you also have a care for the man with respect to poverty". *)ale/gw also means I do not care. And Homer [writes]: "I do not care, as if a woman were hitting me."
- β390Βορᾶςof food, of prey[Meaning] of food or nourishment. But Borras [is] the wind, and it is declined Borra [in the genitive]; the nominative plural [is] Borrai. "Harsh north winds blowing." Also [sc. the declension occurs] Boreas, Boreou.…
- λ183Λαῖλαψstorm[Meaning] rain with winds, and darkness. "He, like some maritime storm or a violent thunderbolt, suddenly pounced [...]." And elsewhere: "the boreal northwind, bearing down with a gust, broke the yard-arm". ['Boreal'…
- λ733Λώπιονlittle cloak[Meaning] a cheap, shabby garment. "Master, [Diogenes] vowed to hang this little cloak on the holy temple gateway as an offering from the stormy sea-voyage."
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Revision history11 revisions · last 8 Jul 2021
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- added map reference n.3, cosmetics — Ronald Allen
- corrected attribution in n.3 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added links — Jennifer Benedict
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- modified and augmented notes; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict