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Ἐκαραδόκησεν · watched with head outstretched (ε 351) · 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 ε351

ε347Hekamede, Hecamede
ε348they toiled
ε349hawked around, sold by retail
ε350to sell off by retail
ε351watched with head outstretched
ε352having reaped rewards
ε353they reaped the benefit of
ε354far away
ε355farthest away, very far away

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε351

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Ἐκαραδόκησεν

watched with head outstretched

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Jul 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 26 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] looked backwards.¹ Or put his head towards me after raising it up. From the Homeric [expression]: "and [the Great Bear] watches Orion [Author, Myth]."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκαραδόκησεν· ἀπέβλεψεν. ἢ ἐμοὶ προσέθετο τὴν κεφαλὴν μετεωρίσας. παρὰ τὸ Ὁμηρικόν· καί τ' Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει.

Betacode

*)ekarado/khsen: a)pe/bleyen. h)\ e)moi\ prose/qeto th\n kefalh\n metewri/sas. para\ to\ *(omhriko/n: kai/ t' *)wri/wna dokeu/ei.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword is aorist of karadoke/w, third person singular: cf. kappa 354, kappa 355.
2From a scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 663 (where the headword occurs: web address 1), quoting Homer, Iliad 18.488 (web address 2).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε349Ἐκαπήλευσενhawked around, sold by retail ε350Ἐκκαπηλεύεινto sell off by retail ε351Ἐκαραδόκησενwatched with head outstretched ε352Ἐκκαρπωσάμενοιhaving reaped rewards ε353Ἐκαρπώσαντοthey reaped the benefit of

Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Aug 2012

2 Aug 2012cosmetics — Catharine Roth
31 Jul 2012tweaks — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2006cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκαραδόκησεν (Adler number epsilon 351), trans. Catharine Roth, 11 Jul 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/351

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗