Αἴλινος
ailinos-like
Translated by William Hutton21 Nov 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] mournful, dirge-like. "The ailinos-like sound did not soften your audacity."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἴλινος· ὀδυρτική, θρηνητική. οὐκ ἐμάλαξε τεὸν θράσος αἴλινος αὐδή.
Betacode
*ai)/linos: o)durtikh/, qrhnhtikh/. ou)k e)ma/lace teo\n qra/sos ai)/linos au)dh/.
Notes (1)
- The headword, (masculine and) feminine nominative singular of this adjective, is extracted from the epigram quoted↩
See also alphaiota 180, alphaiota 181.- 1Greek Anthology 5.248.3 (Paul the Silentiary). Further quotes from this epigram are at alpha 3742, alpha 4419, and pi 3092.
Linked from5 entries
- α3742Ἀρασσόμενα(things) being smitten[Meaning things] being hit, things being struck. In the Epigrams: "now in vain you smite the forehead with frequent blows."
- α4419Αὖ ἐρύσαιto pull back[Meaning] to drag backwards. In the Epigrams: "[you dared to] grab her hair tight and pull her back".
- αι180Αἴλινονailinon, dirge, dirge-like[Meaning a] type of lament and song. "This dirge-like inscription of Diodoran wisdom says that I have been struck for a short-fated woman in labor."
- αι181Αἴλινονmournful, plaintiveIt is [used] equally to refer to a dirge and to refer to a hymn; [named] from Ailinos the [son] of Kalliope.
- ε858ἘλινιῶI dirge[Meaning] I sing.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Aug 2023
- added cross-references n.1 — Ronald Allen
- fixed Anthology reference n.1, added attribution — Ronald Allen
- expanded primary note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton