Ἕνη
old
Translated by Catharine Roth3 May 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Attic speakers used e(/nh ["old"] superfluously, like [the participle] "having" [in the phrase] "having full".1 But some say that the [word] du/o ["two"] is missing. In enquiring he is saying, "one or two?" Aristophanes in Acharnians [writes]: "have you already, being gray-haired, grown old?"
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἕνη· Ἀττικοὶ τὸ ἕνη περιττὸν ἔθεσαν, ὡς τὸ ἔχων, πλῆρες ἔχον. οἱ δὲ λείπειν φασὶ τὸ δύο. ἐρωτῶν δὲ λέγει, ἓν ἢ δύο. Ἀριστοφάνης Ἀχαρνεῦσιν· ἤδη πεπρέσβευκας σὺ πολιὸς ὢν ἕνη;
Betacode
*(/enh: *)attikoi\ to\ e(/nh peritto\n e)/qesan, w(s to\ e)/xwn, plh=res e)/xon. oi( de\ lei/pein fasi\ to\ du/o. e)rwtw=n de\ le/gei, e(\n h)\ du/o. *)aristofa/nhs *)axarneu=sin: h)/dh pepre/sbeukas su\ polio\s w)\n e(/nh;