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Αἶγα · goat (αι 21) · 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 αι21

αι17Aigaleos
αι18hunting-spear
αι19o that
αι20(them) skinning goats
αι21goat
αι22Aigastre
αι23Aegean sea
αι24Aegean gulf
αι25Aigaioros, Aegeorus

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι21

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Αἶγα

goat

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Sep 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 47 words

Translation

This animal seems to be hostile to the vine.¹ At any rate there is evidently an epigram regarding the nanny-goat as follows: "Even if you eat me to the root, nevertheless I will still bear fruit enough to pour a libation when you are sacrificed, o goat."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἶγα· ὅτι τουτὶ τὸ ζῷον δοκεῖ ἐχθρὸν εἶναι τῇ ἀμπέλῳ. ἀμέλει γοὖν καὶ ἐπίγραμμα φαίνεται πρὸς τὴν αἶγα οὕτως ἔχον· κἤν με φάγῃς ἐπὶ ῥίζαν, ὅμως δ' ἔτι καρποφορήσω ὅσσον ἐπιλεῖψαί σοι, τράγε, θυομένῳ.

Betacode

*ai)=ga: o(/ti touti\ to\ zw=|on dokei= e)xqro\n ei)=nai th=| a)mpe/lw|. a)me/lei gou)=n kai\ e)pi/gramma fai/netai pro\s th\n ai)=ga ou(/tws e)/xon: kh)/n me fa/gh|s e)pi\ r(i/zan, o(/mws d' e)/ti karpoforh/sw o(/sson e)pilei=yai/ soi, tra/ge, quome/nw|.

Notes (2)

The unglossed headword is accusative singular of ai)/c (alphaiota 235, alphaiota 236, alphaiota 237, alphaiota 238). Unless it is quoted from somewhere external, its case is presumably determined by th\n ai)=ga in the entry itself.
1Copied from here to alpha 1650. ↩
2Greek Anthology 9.75 (with a different term for 'goat'); already at alpha 4177. (Both quotations of it have the wrong aorist infinitive, e)pilei=yai for what should be e)pispei=sai.)

Linked from1 entry

α1650Ἄμπελοςgrape-vine, vineLook under aiga ["goat"]; for this creature appears hostile to the vine.

Neighbouring entries

αι19Αἲ γάρo that αι20Αἶγας ἀνιεμένους(them) skinning goats αι21Αἶγαgoat αι22ΑἰγάστρηAigastre αι23Αἰγαῖον πέλαγοςAegean sea

Revision history5 revisions · last 23 Feb 2012

23 Feb 2012typo — Catharine Roth
23 Feb 2012expanded notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
23 Feb 2012added primary note — Catharine Roth
22 Feb 2012tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
17 Sep 2002supplied missing note — David Whitehead
16 Sep 2002Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἶγα (Adler number alphaiota 21), trans. Catharine Roth, 16 Sep 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/21

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