Ἔχε δή
come now
Translated by Lauren Curtis4 Dec 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Meaning come then, or so then, see here, or something of the kind.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔχε δή· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄγε δή, ἢ ἄρα δή, πρόσεχε, ἤ τι τοιοῦτο.
Betacode
*)/exe dh/: a)nti\ tou= a)/ge dh/, h)\ a)/ra dh/, pro/sexe, h)/ ti toiou=to.
Notes
- A gloss on Greek prose style; probably (as Adler suggests) specifically on Plato, who was fond of such argumentative phrases in his dialogues, and uses
e)/xe dh/ fifteen times. (He also uses the first of these glosses,a)/ge dh/ , six times. However, he apparently never usesa)/ra dh/ ; and although he usespro/sexe eight times, the direct objectto\n nou=n is present in seven of the instances (i.e. 'apply your mind') whilepro/sexe is used absolutely only in one of the disputed Letters (319A).)
Very similar entry in Photius, Lexicon epsilon2483, which however, instead of the Suda's second glossa)/ra dh/ ('so then'), haso(/ra dh/ ('consider then'), a phrase used twenty-three times by Plato.