Ἐφίλατο
cherished
Translated by Ryan Stone6 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐφίλατο· ἠγάπησε. διπλοῦς ἐς λυκάβαντας ἐφίλατο τὴν καλαμῖτιν.
Betacode
*)efi/lato: h)ga/phse. diplou=s e)s luka/bantas e)fi/lato th\n kalami=tin.
Notes (2)
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.
- 1The headword is third person singular, aorist middle, of
file/w . It might be extracted from the quotation given here, though there are extant alternatives beginning with Homer, Iliad 5.61 (see under delta 110). ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 7.198.5 (Leonidas of Tarentum), an epitaph for Philaenis's pet grasshopper; cf. kappa 197. Also see Gow and Page (vol. I, 114), (vol. II, 330-332), and another excerpt from this epigram at tau 1159. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
Linked from2 entries
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- κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-likeEither in reference to the stalk of the grain; or a proper name. And Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Crown [writes]: "in the shack next to the hero Kalamites." And the feminine form [is] Kalamitis. "[She] cherished…
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 11 Mar 2021
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- expanded and tweaked notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified translation, notes, keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone