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Ἐχρῆν · it was right, one should have (ε 4042) · 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 ε4042

ε4038I have, I possess
ε4039they went lame
ε4040they attacked
ε4041was given an oracular response
ε4042it was right, one should have
ε4043gave an oracular response, lent
ε4044was keeping [it] close always
ε4045anointed
ε4046was colored

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε4042

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Ἐχρῆν

it was right, one should have

Translated by Catharine Roth29 Jun 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 7 words

Translation

[Meaning] it was suitable,¹ it was fitting.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐχρῆν· ἔπρεπεν, ἥρμοζεν.

Betacode

*)exrh=n: e)/prepen, h(/rmozen.

Notes (1)

Imperfect of the impersonal verb xrh/ (cf. chi 471), evidently quoted from somewhere.
cf. chi 493.

1Likewise in Hesychius.

Linked from1 entry

χ493Χρῆνit was necessary[*xrh=n means the same as] e)/dei. Also [sc. attested is] e)xrh=n ["one should have"], [meaning] it was fitting. "It was necessary, the saying [goes], not to decipher in the stars how things were with you, nor to find…

Neighbouring entries

ε4040Ἔχραονthey attacked ε4041Ἐχρηματίσθηwas given an oracular response ε4042Ἐχρῆνit was right, one should have ε4043Ἔχρησενgave an oracular response, lent ε4044Ἔχριμπτ' ἀείwas keeping [it] close always

Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Jan 2014

27 Jan 2014another x-ref — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2006augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐχρῆν (Adler number epsilon 4042), trans. Catharine Roth, 29 Jun 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/4042

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