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Ἠέ · or, whether (η 117) · 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 η117

η113luxurious
η114sweet
η115sauces, seasonings, sweetmeats, relishes
η116was going
η117or, whether
η118sun
η119we were aware
η120was
η121or overpowering on a road

Suda/Η eta/η117

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Ἠέ

or, whether

Translated by Catharine Roth15 Nov 2006Vetting: high7 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic
military affairs

4 notes · 42 words

Translation

With barytone accent [it is] a disjunctive conjunction. [So in e.g.] "or to split the hollow wood."¹ But with perispomenon accent [as a conjunction] expressing doubt it is pronounced with a circumflex accent.² [So in e.g.] "whether fighting".³ [Note also] "or not."⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἠέ· βαρυτόνως διαζευκτικὸς σύνδεσμος. ἠὲ διατμῆξαι κοῖλον δόρυ. περισπωμένως δὲ ἀπορηματικὸς περισπᾶται. ἦ μαχεούμενον. ἠὲ καὶ οὐκί.

Betacode

*)he/: baruto/nws diazeuktiko\s su/ndesmos. h)e\ diatmh=cai koi=lon do/ru. perispwme/nws de\ a)porhmatiko\s perispa=tai. h)= maxeou/menon. h)e\ kai\ ou)ki/.

Notes (4)

Same material in Photius (Lexicon eta64), similar elsewhere (e.g. Hesychius, Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Herodian the grammarian, scholion A on Homer, Iliad 1.190). "Barytone accent" means an accent earlier than the last syllable.
1Homer, Odyssey 8.507 (on the Trojan horse: web address 1), with the manuscripts' reading rather than Aristarchus' diaplh=cai. ↩
2Adler notes that Portus omitted perispa=tai as redundant. The perispomenon form is the monosyllable h)=. ↩
3"Whether fighting" is an abridged version of Homer, Odyssey 11.403, "whether [= or] fighting about a town and women" (web address 2) ↩
4A formulaic Homeric line-ending (8 instances, inc. Iliad 2.399); cf. omicron 896).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

η115Ἡδύσματαsauces, seasonings, sweetmeats, relishes η116ᾞεwas going η117Ἠέor, whether η118Ἠέλιοςsun η119Ἤεμενwe were aware

Revision history7 revisions · last 16 Jan 2016

16 Jan 2016coding — Catharine Roth
15 Jan 2016tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
7 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
6 Dec 2012expanded primary note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2010added cross-reference, upgraded links — Catharine Roth
16 Nov 2006added link — Catharine Roth
16 Nov 2006augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἠέ (Adler number eta 117), trans. Catharine Roth, 15 Nov 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/eta/117

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