Αἶρε
lift
Translated by Catharine Roth23 Feb 2003Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] bring. Homer [writes]: "do not lift me wine."1
And Aristophanes [writes]: "lift, lift a barley-cake as quickly as possible for the dung-beetle."2
And Aristophanes [writes]: "lift, lift a barley-cake as quickly as possible for the dung-beetle."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἶρε· πρόσφερε. Ὅμηρος· μή μοι οἶνον ἄειρε. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· αἶρ', αἶρε μάζαν ὡς τάχιστα κανθάρῳ.
Betacode
*ai)=re: pro/sfere. *(/omhros: mh/ moi oi)=non a)/eire. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: ai)=r', ai)=re ma/zan w(s ta/xista kanqa/rw|.
Notes (2)
- The first part of this entry follows a scholion on Sophocles, Ajax 545, where the headword imperative twice occurs. (Comparably, also, in the scholia on the Aristophanes quoted.)↩
cf. alpha 635, alphaiota 281, mu 35, sigma 299.- 1Homer, Iliad 6.264, with scholion. This passage has the uncontracted form of the headword imperative (from
a)ei/rw ). ↩- 2Aristophanes, Peace 1, quoted again at alphaiota 299. Here the imperative has the contracted form, like the headword.
- 1Homer, Iliad 6.264, with scholion. This passage has the uncontracted form of the headword imperative (from
Linked from4 entries
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- α635Ἄειρεdraw[Meaning] offer. Homer [writes]: "do not draw for me sweet wine."
- αι279Αἴρασθαιto lift[Meaning] to bring. Cratinus in Trophonios [writes]: "not to lift food, not to obtain one's allotment of sleep."
- αι299Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦto lift one's foot out of the mud[sc. A saying] in reference to those wishing not to be in difficulties. Another version is "to lift one's foot out of blame." [The verb] ai)/rein also means to bring: "Bring, bring the cake to the dung-beetle as fast…
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Revision history8 revisions · last 30 Nov 2015
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- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, added keyword — Catharine Roth
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth