Δυσκλεές

infamous

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Feb 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 26 words

[Meaning something] inglorious, dishonorable, unseemly.¹
"May I not be so infamous under the sun as not to save in return the one who has saved me."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσκλεές· ἄδοξον, ἄτιμον, ἀπρεπές. μὴ γὰρ οὕτως ὑφ' ἡλίῳ δυσκλεὴς εἴην, ὥστε τὸν ἐμὲ σώσαντα μὴ ἀντισῶσαι.

Betacode

*dusklee/s: a)/docon, a)/timon, a)prepe/s. mh\ ga\r ou(/tws u(f' h(li/w| duskleh\s ei)/hn, w(/ste to\n e)me\ sw/santa mh\ a)ntisw=sai.