Ἥμενος
seated
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Jul 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἥμενος· ὁ καθήμενος. Ἡμμένος δὲ ὁ ἐξημμένος, καὶ ἀνηρτημένος.
Betacode
*(/hmenos: o( kaqh/menos. *(hmme/nos de\ o( e)chmme/nos, kai\ a)nhrthme/nos.
Notes (2)
- The two words differentiated here differ by just one letter in the Greek (and Byzantine Greek pronunciation lost the distinction of single versus double consonants).
- 1Participle of
h(=mai (eta 287), masculine nominative singular; cf. eta 321. ↩ - 2Perfect middle/passive participle of
a(/ptw , masculine nominative singular; cf. eta 294. ↩
Linked from6 entries
- η287ἯμαιI am seated[Meaning] I am sitting down.
- η294Ἡμμένοιfastened[Meaning ones] fastened together. Meaning fitted together. "The portcullises, which they held a little outside fastened up by machines, they let down suddenly and attacked [sc. the intruders], and capturing these [men]…
- η321ἬμηνI was[Meaning] I was existing, or I was sitting.
- η590Ἧσθαιto be seated[Meaning] to sit down.
- η602Ἧσταιis seated[Meaning he/she/it] sits down. But h)=|stai [means he/she/it] is made famous.
- η604Ἥστηνthe two were seated[Meaning] they were sitting down, a dual. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "so the two did not sit" -- some [read] i)/sthn [spelled] with iota, meaning they knew -- "they knew nothing except biting."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Apr 2016
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- added primary note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth