Ἐγὼ δ' ὁ πάντα κωφὸς ὁ πάντ' ἄϊδρις κατημέλησα

I who am entirely deaf and entirely ignorant took no care

Translated by Catharine Roth20 Dec 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

Meaning [who am] without common sense.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐγὼ δ' ὁ πάντα κωφὸς ὁ πάντ' ἄϊδρις κατημέλησα· ἀντὶ τοῦ ὁ ἀναίσθητος.

Betacode

*)egw\ d' o( pa/nta kwfo\s o( pa/nt' a)/i+dris kathme/lhsa: a)nti\ tou= o( a)nai/sqhtos.

Sophocles, Ajax 911 (web address 1), with a gloss from the scholia there (explaining 'ignorant'); cf. alpha 678.