Δηΐα
ruined
Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning she] having been defeated in war, having been immolated; or ruined [meaning] having suffered. In common dialect [it means] "warlike", [but] in Attic "wretched". Sophocles [writes]: "o ruined Tecmessa, ill-fated race."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δηΐα· καταπεπολεμημένη, κατακεκαυμένη· ἢ δηΐα, πεπονθυῖα. κοινῶς πολεμία, Ἀττικῶς δύστηνε. Σοφοκλῆς· ὦ δηΐα Τέκμησσα, δύσμορον γένος.
Betacode
*dhi/+a: katapepolemhme/nh, katakekaume/nh: h)\ dhi/+a, peponqui=a. koinw=s polemi/a, *)attikw=s du/sthne. *sofoklh=s: w)= dhi/+a *te/kmhssa, du/smoron ge/nos.