Αἰθύσσω
I stir up
Translated by William Hutton10 Nov 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The [verb that means] I heat up, I stretch out.1
"Nor by the gleamings of the blossom-eyed Early-born-one do you stir along the tips of your warming wings."2 Also [sc. attested is the present participle]ai)qu/sswn ["stirring up"], [meaning] lighting up. In the epigram of Anacreon: "stirring up the blossom above the sleek hair."3
"Nor by the gleamings of the blossom-eyed Early-born-one do you stir along the tips of your warming wings."2 Also [sc. attested is the present participle]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰθύσσω· τὸ θερμαίνω, ἐκτείνω. οὐδ' ὑπὸ μαρμαρυγαῖς θαλερώπιδος Ἠριγενείης ἄκρα παραιθύσσεις θαλπομένων πτερύγων. καὶ Αἰθύσσων, διαλάμπων. εἰς Ἀνακρέοντος ἐπίγραμμα· αἰθύσσων λιπαρῆς ἄνθος ὕπερθε κόμης.
Betacode
*ai)qu/ssw: to\ qermai/nw, e)ktei/nw. ou)d' u(po\ marmarugai=s qalerw/pidos *)hrigenei/hs a)/kra paraiqu/sseis qalpome/nwn pteru/gwn. kai\ *ai)qu/sswn, diala/mpwn. ei)s *)anakre/ontos e)pi/gramma: ai)qu/sswn liparh=s a)/nqos u(/perqe ko/mhs.
Notes (3)
- Similar entry in ps.-Zonaras. For this verb see already alphaiota 158.↩
- 1Comparable glossing in Photius and other lexica. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 7.204.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus), an epitaph for the poet's pet partridge (which actually includes not the headword verb itself but a compound of it); cf. eta 513, theta 15. See further quotes from this epigram at alpha 2985 and mu 715. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 7.27 [not Adler's repetition of 204].4 (Antipater of Sidon); cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 16); Gow and Page (vol. II, 44-45); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 1708, alpha 2147, iota 492, and sigma 1129. As it pertains to this epigram, Gow and Page find the Suda's preceding gloss on
ai)qu/sswn as "lighting up" to be incorrect; citing Sappho fr. 2.7 (cf. Lobel and Page) they stress instead that the meaning is confined to setting in motion (vol. II, 44).
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
E. Lobel and D.L. Page, Poetarum Lesbiorum Fragmenta, (Oxford, 1955)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
E. Lobel and D.L. Page, Poetarum Lesbiorum Fragmenta, (Oxford, 1955)
Linked from4 entries
- α1708Ἀμφίβροχοςdrenched, sodden[Meaning one who is] thoroughly steeped, that is drunk. "Spouting sweet wine, drenched [as to his] garments in Bacchus".
- α2147Ἄνδιχαin twain[Meaning] two ways. Homer [writes]: "either to destroy everything or divide it in twain". Note that those under siege confounded the enemy, by dividing their goods amongst themselves. Also meaning without. "May you be,…
- α2985Ἀπέθρισενbit off[Meaning he/she/it] clipped off, cut off. "A cat bit your head off, but he snatched all the rest, and she did not sate her evil jaw." Also [sc. attested is] a)pe/qerse [which means] the same.
- αι158Αἰθύξασαhaving stirred[Meaning she] having moved. "[She] having stirred a small cloth right there out of the bed."
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Revision history6 revisions · last 5 Sep 2023
- expanded n.2, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- more notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference, cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton