Χάριεν
pleasant
Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Attic [speakers] send [the accent] two [syllables] back; the common [dialect puts it] before one [syllable].1 Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "if there is anything bright and lovely or pleasant in the eyes of men, it comes about through you."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χάριεν· οἱ Ἀττικοὶ πρὸ δύο ἀναπέμπουσι, τὸ δὲ πρὸ μιᾶς κοινόν. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· εἴ τί γ' ἔνεστι λαμπρὸν καὶ καλὸν ἢ χάριεν ἀνθρώποισι, διὰ σὲ γίνεται.
Betacode
*xa/rien: oi( *)attikoi\ pro\ du/o a)nape/mpousi, to\ de\ pro\ mia=s koino/n. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: ei)/ ti/ g' e)/nesti lampro\n kai\ kalo\n h)\ xa/rien a)nqrw/poisi, dia\ se\ gi/netai.
Notes (2)
- 1The proparoxytone headword is usually taken as an adverbial form of the adjective, to which the Suda itself attests (see chi 104). The Suda seems to be saying that the neuter adjective is also proparoxytone. See LSJ s.v. IV at web address 1 below. For
pro\ mia=s in reference to accentuation, see also nu 62, chi 619. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 144-5 (web address 2 below), with scholion to 145. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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- χ104ΧάριενpleasantlyWith the acute accent on the antepenult [it is used] meaning pleasingly [xarie/ntws]. But xari/en with the accent on the penult applies to [someone/something] charming. Also [sc. attested is] xarie/ntws ["pleasingly"].
- χ619Χυτρίνδαchytrinda, chutrindaA game; for [sc. one player] is seated in the middle; the others run round him in a circle, toying with him, until he touches someone, who sits in his place. [The word] chytrinda [is] like basilinda and other forms. The…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Apr 2023
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified translation and note, tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict