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Ἔχρησεν · gave an oracular response, lent (ε 4043) · 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 ε4043

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
ε4047they were associating with, they were employing, using

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε4043

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Ἔχρησεν

gave an oracular response, lent

Translated by Catharine Roth29 Jun 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 5 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] prophesied,¹ or borrowed.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔχρησεν· ἐμαντεύσατο, ἢ ἐδανείσατο.

Betacode

*)/exrhsen: e)manteu/sato, h)\ e)danei/sato.

Notes (2)

The headword must be quoted from somewhere. The active xra/w (of which this is the third person singular, aorist indicative) is commonly used of gods and their oracles: see LSJ s.v. xra/w (B) A.I.), and cf. chi 492, chi 496, chi 547.
1Similarly in Hesychius and elsewhere. ↩
2cf. delta 60 (but the glossing verb ought to be active voice -- also meaning 'lent' -- rather than middle).

Linked from2 entries

χ492Χρῆ μοιdeclares to me, delivers an oracular response to me[Meaning he/she/it] prophesies [to me]. Sophocles [writes]: "Phoebus declares such things to me, of which you will soon learn."
χ496Χρήσασθαιto owe money[Meaning] to be in debt. "To 'lend' [xrh=sai] [is] preferable to to 'make a loan' [danei=sai]; for one lends in respect of friends, but makes loans to those one meets."

Neighbouring entries

ε4041Ἐχρηματίσθηwas given an oracular response ε4042Ἐχρῆνit was right, one should have ε4043Ἔχρησενgave an oracular response, lent ε4044Ἔχριμπτ' ἀείwas keeping [it] close always ε4045Ἔχρισενanointed

Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Jan 2014

27 Jan 2014another x-ref — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2012tweaked notes — David Whitehead
3 Jun 2007added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
29 Jun 2006augmented note — Catharine Roth
29 Jun 2006augmented headword, note, keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔχρησεν (Adler number epsilon 4043), trans. Catharine Roth, 29 Jun 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/4043

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