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Ἀΐσθων · breathing out (α 690) · Suda

Letters

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 α690

α686I perceive, I listen to
α687having darted
α688Airos
α689invisible, Hades
α690breathing out
α691they dart
α692unseen
α693unseen
α694might be made to disappear

Suda/Α alpha/α690

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Ἀΐσθων

breathing out

Translated by Jennifer Benedict25 Nov 1999Vetting: high5 revisions

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5 words

Translation

[Meaning] one who/which is exhaling.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀΐσθων· ἐκπνέων.

Betacode

*)ai/+sqwn: e)kpne/wn.

Notes

From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.468, where the headword participle occurs (of the last breath of a warhorse): web address 1 below.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

αι330Αἴσθωνbreathing out[Meaning] perceiving, and being scrutinized, or breathing one's last.

Neighbouring entries

α688ἌϊροςAiros α689Ἄϊςinvisible, Hades α690Ἀΐσθωνbreathing out α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart α692Ἀϊστίunseen

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 May 2015

1 May 2015Revised — David Whitehead
16 Jan 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
16 Jan 2012tweaks — David Whitehead
16 Mar 2008added link — Jennifer Benedict
15 Jun 2001added note and keywords — David Whitehead
25 Nov 1999Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀΐσθων (Adler number alpha 690), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 25 Nov 1999. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/690

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 ↗