Εἴρξας
having fenced
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Aug 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he] having shut out. Attic-speakers [pronounce it] ei(/rcas with rough breathing; but what is found in Homer, e)rxqe/nt' e)n mega/lw| potamw=| ["caught in the great river"] [is written] with smooth breathing.1 But we read the e(/rcas [that means] having done with a rough breathing. "Having done [e(/rcasa ] this the glorious goddess departed."2 But that which refers to enclosure [ei(rkth/ ] the Attic-speakers [prounounce] with smooth breathing.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἴρξας· ἀποκλείσας. δασέως δὲ τὸ εἵρξας Ἀττικοί· τὸ μέντοι παρ' Ὁμήρῳ, ἐρχθέντ' ἐν μεγάλῳ ποταμῷ, ψιλῶς. τὸ δὲ ἕρξας, τὸ πράξας, δασέως ἀναγινώσκομεν. ἡ μὲν ἄρ' ὣς ἕρξασ' ἀπεβήσατο δῖα θεάων. τὸ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς εἰρκτῆς ψιλῶς Ἀττικοί.
Betacode
*ei)/rcas: a)poklei/sas. dase/ws de\ to\ ei(/rcas *)attikoi/: to\ me/ntoi par' *(omh/rw|, e)rxqe/nt' e)n mega/lw| potamw=|, yilw=s. to\ de\ e(/rcas, to\ pra/cas, dase/ws a)naginw/skomen. h( me\n a)/r' w(\s e(/rcas' a)pebh/sato di=a qea/wn. to\ de\ e)pi\ th=s ei)rkth=s yilw=s *)attikoi/.
Notes (3)
- From the scholia on Aristophanes, Acharnians 330, where the headword, an aorist active participle in the masculine nominative singular, occurs (web address 1).↩
- 1Homer, Iliad 21.282 (web address 2). On
ei)/rgw orei(/rgw , see LSJ s.v. and epsiloniota 217. ↩- 2Homer, Odyssey 18.196 (web address 3). The root
verg- "work" appears with smooth breathing in dialects where digamma has been lost: see LSJ s.v.e)/rgon . ↩- 3See epsiloniota 198.
- 1Homer, Iliad 21.282 (web address 2). On
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
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- ει180Εἴργουstop[Meaning] protect, separate.
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