Ἐσθίω
I eat
Translated by Amelia Mathias30 Sep 2006Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐσθίω· αἰτιατικῇ· τρώγω καὶ φάγε δὲ αἰτιατικῇ συντάσσονται. ἐσθίω ἄρτον, τρώγω ψωμίον, φάγε βοῦν.
Betacode
*)esqi/w: ai)tiatikh=|: trw/gw kai\ fa/ge de\ ai)tiatikh=| sunta/ssontai. e)sqi/w a)/rton, trw/gw ywmi/on, fa/ge bou=n.
Notes (2)
- cf. tau 1077, phi 12.
- 1(Lacking, Adler reports, in mss FV.) Likewise in syntactical lexica. ↩
- 2The first of these two-word phrases happens to occur in a work attributed to John Chrysostom, but the other two are otherwise unattested, and it hardly seems likely that they are quotations; rather, they are (somewhat superfluous) paradigmatic illustrations of the grammatical point already made. (Why the imperative
fa/ge sits alongside two first-person singular indicatives can only be conjectured.) There can also be no suggestion that each of the three verbs is somehow appropriate to the food item here linked with it; for instance, Herakles 'eats' (rather than consumes) an ox in beta 417. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ε3142Ἐσθόμενοςeating[e)sqo/menos means the same as] e)sqi/wn. For the verb [can be] e)/sqw. Also [sc. attested is the plural and active-voive] e)/sqontes, [meaning the same as] e)sqi/ontes.
- ε3226Ἑστιώμενοςbeing feasted[Meaning someone] eating.
- η593ἬσθιονI was eating, they were eating[Meaning] I was/they were munching.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Feb 2016
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- x-refs — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- modified translation, added keywords, cosmetics — William Hutton
- Translated — Amelia Mathias