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Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου · through much time (δ 708) · 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 δ708

δ704they skirmish with
δ705having sailed through
δ706to blow out
δ707I fight it out with
δ708through much time
δ709to labour over, to practice
δ710having been reduced to a loss
δ711I will be at a loss
δ712journey, procession

Suda/Δ delta/δ708

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Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου

through much time

Translated by Craig Gibson3 Apr 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

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37 words

Translation

"For the old man, as he drank through much time and listened to the pipe, very delighted by the thing, never stops dancing the night away to those old songs with which Thespis used to compete" ¹.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου· ὁ γὰρ γέρων, ὡς ἔπιε διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου, ἤκουσέ τ' αὐλοῦ, περιχαρὴς τῷ πράγματι, ὀρχούμενος τῆς νυκτὸς οὐδὲν παύεται τἀρχαῖ' ἐκεῖν', οἷς Θέσπις ἠγωνίζετο.

Betacode

*dia\ pollou= xro/nou: o( ga\r ge/rwn, w(s e)/pie dia\ pollou= xro/nou, h)/kouse/ t' au)lou=, perixarh\s tw=| pra/gmati, o)rxou/menos th=s nukto\s ou)de\n pau/etai ta)rxai=' e)kei=n', oi(=s *qe/spis h)gwni/zeto.

Notes

[1] Aristophanes, Wasps 1476-79 (web address 1); also quoted at epsiloniota 281 and theta 283. For the pipe (aulos) see generally alpha 4438, alpha 4447; for Thespis, theta 282, theta 283.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ει281Εἰσκεκύκληκενhas wheeled in[Meaning he/she/it] has brought in, has led in. Aristophanes [writes]: "by Dionysus, some god has wheeled in difficult matters for us into the house; for the old man, as he has been drinking for a long time and listened…

Neighbouring entries

δ706Διαπνεῖνto blow out δ707ΔιαπολεμῶI fight it out with δ708Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνουthrough much time δ709Διαπονεῖνto labour over, to practice δ710Διαπορηθέντεςhaving been reduced to a loss

Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Jul 2012

1 Jul 2012more keywords — David Whitehead
23 Jul 2011tweaked link, raised status — Catharine Roth
4 Apr 2004modified one word in translation; augmented note — David Whitehead
3 Apr 2004cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
3 Apr 2004Translated — Craig Gibson

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου (Adler number delta 708), trans. Craig Gibson, 3 Apr 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/708

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