Ἠχέτης

chirper

Translated by Catharine Roth21 Nov 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 21 words

[Meaning] the male cicada.
"But the hand of an unmarried youth flew up and killed you as you sang, chirper cicada."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἠχέτης· ὁ ἄρρην τέττιξ. ἀλλά σε γηρύοντα κατήναρεν, ἠχέτα τέττιξ, παιδὸς ἀπ' ἠϊθέου χειρί με πεπταμένα.

Betacode

*)hxe/ths: o( a)/rrhn te/ttic. a)lla/ se ghru/onta kath/naren, h)xe/ta te/ttic, paido\s a)p' h)i+qe/ou xeiri/ me peptame/na.

Notes (1)

1An approximation of Greek Anthology 7.201.3-4 (Pamphilus); the reading should be xei\r a)napeptame/na, an emendation to the Suda's problematic text suggested by R.F.P. Brunck (Alsatian scholar, 1729-1803); cf. Gow and Page (154). ↩

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)

Linked from1 entry

λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling[Meaning] sounding melodically. In the Epigrams: "the rustic strain formerly babbling in the groves [the cicada] adapted to the tune of our lyre-plucking."

Neighbouring entries

η673Ἦχενhas led η674Ἦχεν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκονhas taken home η675Ἠχέτηςchirper η676Ἠχήειςsounding η677Ἠχήνsound

Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Jan 2022

22 Jan 2022expanded n.1, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
21 Jan 2022tweak n.1 — Ronald Allen
21 Dec 2012Revised — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2006another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2006Translated — Catharine Roth