Ἐφίῃ
you crave, you long for
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Nov 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] you desire. "Why do you crave misfortunes?" [That is], long for [them]. Why do you long for these things, he is saying, which are not easy to bear, [namely] grief and lamentation?
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐφίῃ· ἐπιθυμεῖς. τί μοι τῶν δυσφόρων ἐφίῃ. γλίχῃ. τί μοι, φησί, τούτων γλίχῃ, ἅπερ ἐστὶν οὐκ εὐκόλως φέρειν, θρήνου καὶ πένθους;
Betacode
*)efi/h|: e)piqumei=s. ti/ moi tw=n dusfo/rwn e)fi/h|. gli/xh|. ti/ moi, fhsi/, tou/twn gli/xh|, a(/per e)sti\n ou)k eu)ko/lws fe/rein, qrh/nou kai\ pe/nqous;