Ἐγκόνει
make haste!
Translated by William Hutton19 Sep 2006Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγκόνει· ἀντὶ τοῦ σπεῦδε· μέλλοντας γὰρ ἐσθίειν ἐπέχεις δειπνεῖν. κατακωλύεις πάλαι. καὶ Ἐγκονεῖν, ἐνεργεῖν.
Betacode
*)egko/nei: a)nti\ tou= speu=de: me/llontas ga\r e)sqi/ein e)pe/xeis deipnei=n. katakwlu/eis pa/lai. kai\ *)egkonei=n, e)nergei=n.
Notes (2)
- The headword (quoted from Aristophanes: see below) is second-person singular imperative of the verb↩
e)gkone/w . For other forms of the same verb cf. epsilon 107, epsilon 109, epsilon 110 and, for a nominal derivative, epsilon 111.- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1088, where both the headword itself and the supplementary quoted phrase occur (web address 1). ↩
- 2Similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 24.648, where
e)gkone/ousai occurs.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ε107Ἐγκονέουσαhurrying[Meaning she] rousing, urging on. "Hurrying the terribly eager [female] hounds."
- ε109Ἐγκονεῖτεhurry![Meaning] get moving, speed up. [The word arises] either since runners get covered with dust or from the [sc. predicament of] athletes: for their work occurs in the dust; or because they win before touching the dust.…
- ε110Ἐγκονητίvigorously[no gloss]
- ε111Ἐγκονίδεςserving-girls[Meaning] maid-servants.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 25 Jul 2012
- tweaked and expanded notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton