Δεῖ
it is necessary
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Jul 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] it is fitting.1
It has 4 senses.2 Meaningxrh/ ["one must"]. And meaning there is need. [sc. As in] "there is need of money, and without these things there will be nothing of what is needed."3 And meaning he/she/it binds [desmei= ].4 And de/ei uncontracted means is far from.
And in Aristophanes [we find]dei= , meaning bind. "Bind her hands behind her."5
It has 4 senses.2 Meaning
And in Aristophanes [we find]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δεῖ· πρέπει. δʹ ἔχει τὰ σημαινόμενα. ἀντὶ τοῦ χρή. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ χρεία ἐστί. δεῖ δὲ χρημάτων, καὶ ἄνευ τούτων οὐδὲν γενέσθαι τῶν δεόντων. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ δεσμεῖ. καὶ δέει ἐν διαλύσει ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπέχει. καὶ παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει δεῖ, ἀντὶ τοῦ δῆσον. ὀπίσω τὼ χεῖρε δεῖ.
Betacode
*dei=: pre/pei. d# e)/xei ta\ shmaino/mena. a)nti\ tou= xrh/. kai\ a)nti\ tou= xrei/a e)sti/. dei= de\ xrhma/twn, kai\ a)/neu tou/twn ou)de\n gene/sqai tw=n deo/ntwn. kai\ a)nti\ tou= desmei=. kai\ de/ei e)n dialu/sei a)nti\ tou= a)pe/xei. kai\ para\ *)aristofa/nei dei=, a)nti\ tou= dh=son. o)pi/sw tw\ xei=re dei=.
Notes (4)
- [1] Likewise in Hesychius; and cf. delta 370, epsilon 213.↩
- 2This paragraph is paralleled in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36, 1225b. ↩
- 3Demosthenes 1.20 (web address 1 below). ↩
- 4cf. epsilon 221, epsilon 230. ↩
- 5Aristophanes, Lysistrata 434 (web address 2), preceded here by comment from the scholia there.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Jul 2016
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict