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Ἐπαμῦναι · to bring aid (ε 1950) · Suda

Letters

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 ε1950

ε1946battlements
ε1947coping (stone)
ε1948having heaped on (earth)
ε1949Epaminondas, Epameinondas
ε1950to bring aid
ε1951to equivocate
ε1952to put back again
ε1953throw over yourselves
ε1954I go up on

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε1950

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Ἐπαμῦναι

to bring aid

Translated by William Hutton23 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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3 notes · 26 words

Translation

[Meaning] to come to help.¹ It is construed with a dative.² "[God] brought aid to those being wronged."³ Also [sc. attested is] 'bring aid!', [meaning] help!³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπαμῦναι· ἐπιβοηθῆσαι. δοτικῇ δὲ συντάσσεται. ἐπήμυνε τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις. καὶ Ἐπάμυνον, βοήθησον.

Betacode

*)epamu=nai: e)pibohqh=sai. dotikh=| de\ sunta/ssetai. e)ph/mune toi=s a)dikoume/nois. kai\ *)epa/munon, boh/qhson.

Notes (3)

[1] The headword is aorist active infinitive of e)pamu/nw. Glossed likewise or similarly in other lexica; and cf. epsilon 2183.
2Comparably in syntactical lexica. ↩
3Artemidorus 2.37. ↩
4Singular aorist imperative of the same verb; probably quoted from Homer (Iliad 5.685, 18.171).

Linked from1 entry

ε2183ἘπήμυνονI was bringing aid, they were bringing aid[Meaning] I was/they were assisting.

Neighbouring entries

ε1948Ἐπαμησάμενοςhaving heaped on (earth)ε1949ἘπαμινώνδαςEpaminondas, Epameinondas ε1950Ἐπαμῦναιto bring aid ε1951Ἐπαμφοτερίσαιto equivocate ε1952Ἐπανάκρουσαι πάλινto put back again

Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Jan 2016

19 Jan 2016tweaked and expanded notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
28 Sep 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Aug 2007augmented and modified notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
23 Aug 2007augmented notes, set status — Catharine Roth
23 Aug 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπαμῦναι (Adler number epsilon 1950), trans. William Hutton, 23 Aug 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1950

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗