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Ἠδολέσχησα · I talked idly, I talked, I meditated (η 94) · Suda

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η90I was bewildered, they were bewildered
η91more pleasant, rather pleasant
η92more pleasant, rather pleasant
η93very pleasantly
η94I talked idly, I talked, I meditated
η95I take pleasure in you
η96being pleased
η97pleasures
η98pleasure

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Ἠδολέσχησα

I talked idly, I talked, I meditated

Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo20 Nov 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 8 words

Translation

[Meaning] I was talking to myself in conversation.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἠδολέσχησα· διελάλουν ἐμαυτῷ προσδιαλεγόμενος.

Betacode

*)hdole/sxhsa: diela/loun e)mautw=| prosdialego/menos.

Notes (1)

The headword is the aorist indicative, first person singular, of the verb a)dolesxe/w , used in all periods. In the classical age it seems to have negative implications (to talk idly), but less so subsequently.
1Quotation excerpted from Theodoret, Interpretatio in Psalmos 80.1477b Migne, commenting on Psalm 76.4 LXX: h)dole/sxhsa, kai\ w)ligoyu/xhsen to\ pneu=ma/ mou; 'I talked, and I was discouraged in my soul'. He continues: 'conversing with myself and considering the evils constraining me I gave up [trying] to remove them, and accepted the sharp pains of my despondency'.

Neighbouring entries

η92Ἡδίονοςmore pleasant, rather pleasant η93Ἥδισταvery pleasantly η94ἨδολέσχησαI talked idly, I talked, I meditated η95Ἥδομαί σοιI take pleasure in you η96Ἡδόμενοςbeing pleased

Revision history5 revisions · last 22 Apr 2016

22 Apr 2016coding — David Whitehead
5 Dec 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2005cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2005typos — Catharine Roth
20 Nov 2005tweaked tr and note — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2005Translated — Stefano Sanfilippo

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἠδολέσχησα (Adler number eta 94), trans. Stefano Sanfilippo, 20 Nov 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/eta/94

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