Εἱστία

was entertaining

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jul 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

4 notes · 37 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was inviting.1 "He was entertaining the army for 6 days at a great feast."2
Also [sc. attested is] ei(stia=to ["he/she/it was being entertained"], [meaning] was being nourished.3 Also [sc. attested is] ei(sti/wn ["I/they were entertaining"].4

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἱστία· ἐκάλει. ὁ δὲ εἱστία τὸν στρατὸν ἡμερῶν ʹ2ʹ εἰς πανθοινίαν. καὶ Εἱστιᾶτο, ἐτρέφετο. καὶ Εἱστίων.

Betacode
*ei(sti/a: e)ka/lei. o( de\ ei(sti/a to\n strato\n h(merw=n #2# ei)s panqoini/an. kai\ *ei(stia=to, e)tre/feto. kai\ *ei(sti/wn. 

Notes (4)

  1. 1Imperfect active of e(stia/w, third person singular; cf. epsilon 3215. ↩
  2. 2Quotation unidentifiable. It also appears at epsilon 3227, but with a different form of the verb (present indicative active) and with 'man' instead of 'army'. ↩
  3. 3Imperfect middle/passive of the same verb. ↩
  4. 4Imperfect active, first person singular or third person plural. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Nov 2012
  1. another keyword; adjustments — David Whitehead
  2. Augmented notes, raised status — William Hutton
  3. augmented n.2; added a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

“was entertaining.” Suda On Line. Tr. Catharine Roth. 5 July 2005. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsiloniota/318>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/epsiloniota/318>.

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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