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Βιοτὴ · life, lifestyle, livelihood (β 297) · 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 β297

β293life
β294life, lifestyle
β295a thorny life
β296life-bereft
β297life, lifestyle, livelihood
β298I live
β299has means to live
β300to be alive
β301life-buyer, living-buyer

Suda/Β beta/β297

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Βιοτὴ

life, lifestyle, livelihood

Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Oct 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

biography
daily life
definition
economics
epic
imagery
+1
- poetry

2 notes · 20 words

Translation

[Meaning] living, and things [sc. necessary] for living;¹ also property/substance.¹
In the Epigrams: "a second sun in [the] Greeks' life."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βιοτὴ καὶ Βίοτος· ζωὴ, καὶ τὰ πρὸς τὸ ζῆν· καὶ ἡ οὐσία. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασιν· Ἑλλήνων βιοτῇ δεύτερον ἠέλιον.

Betacode

*bioth\ kai\ *bi/otos: zwh\, kai\ ta\ pro\s to\ zh=n: kai\ h( ou)si/a. e)n *)epigra/mmasin: *(ellh/nwn bioth=| deu/teron h)e/lion.

Notes (2)

For the twin headwords, bioth/ and bi/otos, see LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2.
1Same material, variously, in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.287. ↩
2Greek Anthology 7.6.2 (Antipater of Sidon, an epitaph for the poet Homer). See Gow and Page (vol. I, 14), (vol. II, 41), and another excerpt from this epigram at alpha 1243.

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

α1243Ἁλιρρόθιονsea-beaten, roaring; Halirrothios[Meaning a] wave of the sea. "The sea-beaten dust has covered the ageless mouth of the whole world, stranger". The story [is] about Homer. But [sc. upper-case] Halirrothios [is] a son of Poseidon. Also look under Areios…
β300Βιῶναιto be alive[Meaning] to live.
β305Βιώτωlet him live[Meaning] let him be alive.

Neighbouring entries

β295Βίος ἀκανθώδηςa thorny life β296Βιοστερῆlife-bereft β297Βιοτὴlife, lifestyle, livelihood β298Βιοτεύω ΒιοτείαI live β299Βιοῦταιhas means to live

Revision history9 revisions · last 10 Jun 2021

10 Jun 2021expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
20 Sep 2015 — David Whitehead
12 Oct 2014more coding — Catharine Roth
19 Jun 2012coding — Catharine Roth
28 May 2012internal rearrangement; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
26 Jul 2003added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Oct 2001modified translation, augmented note, added link — Catharine Roth
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13 Oct 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βιοτὴ (Adler number beta 297), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 13 Oct 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/297

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