Ἐωνημένοι
having purchased
Translated by William Hutton19 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning they] buying, or having bought.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "for the deity does not allow the possessor to control his own body, but the one having purchased [it]."2 meaning [the one] buying [it];3 fromw)nou=mai ["I buy"]. For the rest of the declension of the verb is used. But the plural of the noun4 is not w)nhsa/menoi ; thus the Atticists change [it] and say, [using] another word, pria/menoi .5
Aristophanes [writes]: "for the deity does not allow the possessor to control his own body, but the one having purchased [it]."2 meaning [the one] buying [it];3 from