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Ἤρα · loved (η 447) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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η443caller
η444Epytides, Epytos' son
η445Epyton
η446Er
η447loved
η448loved
η449Hera
η450Heraiskos, Heraiscus
η451Heraiskos, Heraiscus

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Ἤρα

loved

Translated by Catharine Roth15 Feb 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 57 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was desiring, was longing for, had a passion for.¹
"But Abraham loved a Roman battle, always supposing somehow that fortune was laughing at him."²
"A certain man loved an ugly slave-woman of evil character." Babrius [sc. writes this].³
And elsewhere: "[he] loved to see a barbarian corpse even if it had been slain by another."⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἤρα· ἐπεθύμει, ἐγλίχετο, ἐρωτικῶς εἶχεν. ὁ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ ἤρα Ῥωμαϊκῆς παρατάξεως ἀεί πως αὐτῷ γελᾶν τὴν τύχην οἰόμενος. αἰσχρᾶς τις ἤρα καὶ κακοτρόπου δούλης. Βάβριος. καὶ αὖθις· ἤρα νεκρὸν ἰδεῖν βάρβαρον καὶ ὑπ' ἄλλου πεφονευμένον.

Betacode

*)/hra: e)pequ/mei, e)gli/xeto, e)rwtikw=s ei)=xen. o( de\ *)abraa\m h)/ra *(rwmai+kh=s parata/cews a)ei/ pws au)tw=| gela=n th\n tu/xhn oi)o/menos. ai)sxra=s tis h)/ra kai\ kakotro/pou dou/lhs. *ba/brios. kai\ au)=qis: h)/ra nekro\n i)dei=n ba/rbaron kai\ u(p' a)/llou pefoneume/non.

Notes (3)

[1] Perhaps from a scholion on Aristophanes Acharnians 146, "he loved to eat sausages" (text at web address 1); cf. in any event eta 448 and epsilon 2887.
2Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.7.1; on the Persian general--and later rebel--Baram (cf. beta 103; a name error in the Suda), anticipating an engagement with the Romans in the summer of 589; cf. de Boor (122) and Whitby (81). ↩
3Babrius 10.1. ↩
4Quotation unidentifiable.

References

C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε2887Ἐρᾷloves[Meaning he/she/it] desires. But e)/ra [is] the earth. From the [verb] e)ri/sai ["to quarrel"], which is to contend on an equal basis. Also [sc. attested is] e)/rrei ["[he/she/it] was flowing"], [meaning he/she/it] was…
η448Ἤραloved[Meaning he/she/it] was desiring. Hipparchia loved the discourses of Crates, not favoring any other matter. When she went into a symposium with Crates, she tested Theodoros the atheist by proposing a sophism like this:…

Neighbouring entries

η445ἬπυτονEpyton η446ἬρEr η447Ἤραloved η448Ἤραloved η449ἭραHera

Revision history7 revisions · last 15 Mar 2025

15 Mar 2025expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keyword — Ronald Allen
15 Mar 2025tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
22 Dec 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
18 Dec 2012Revised — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2011more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Aug 2001Revised — David Whitehead
17 Aug 2001added keywords; minor cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Feb 2001Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἤρα (Adler number eta 447), trans. Catharine Roth, 15 Feb 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/eta/447

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