Ἔρρει
was flowing
Translated by Craig Gibson22 May 2007Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] was being furnished abundantly.1 "For the [gifts] of fortune were flowing to him from astern, and in all things to which he applied himself, he failed in not one of these."2
[sc. Also attested is] "was flowing," [meaning he/she/it] was falling down.3
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "to go slowly bearing stumps." Meaning I heard that [they] were coming bearing wood.4
[sc. Also attested is] "was flowing," [meaning he/she/it] was falling down.3
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "to go slowly bearing stumps." Meaning I heard that [they] were coming bearing wood.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔρρει· ἀφθόνως ἐχορηγεῖτο. ἔρρει γάρ οἱ κατὰ πρύμναν τὰ ἐκ τῆς τύχης, καὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἐπέθετο, τούτων ἡμάρτανεν οὐδενός. Ἔρρει· κατέπιπτε. καί, ἔρρειν στελέχη φέροντας. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἤκουσα ἐπέρχεσθαι ξύλα φέροντας.
Betacode
*)/errei: a)fqo/nws e)xorhgei=to. e)/rrei ga/r oi( kata\ pru/mnan ta\ e)k th=s tu/xhs, kai\ pa=sin oi(=s e)pe/qeto, tou/twn h(ma/rtanen ou)deno/s. *)/errei: kate/pipte. kai/, e)/rrein stele/xh fe/rontas. a)nti\ tou= h)/kousa e)pe/rxesqai cu/la fe/rontas.
Notes (4)
- 1Imperfect of
r(e/w , third person singular (cf. epsilon 2922); presumably extracted from the quotation immediately following. ↩ - 2Aelian fr. 350 Domingo-Forasté (354 Hercher), quoted also in alpha 1661. ↩
- 3Likewise in Photius, Lexicon epsilon1952. ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Lysistrata 336-37 (web address 1), with scholia. The infinitive
e)/rrein here is frome)/rrw "go slowly, go to one's harm": cf. epsilon 2916, epsilon 2939. ↩
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- Translated — Craig Gibson