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Ἰάλεμος · Ialemos, dirge (ι 17) · Suda

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ι13Iacobos, Jacob
ι14Iakobos, Jacobus, Jacob
ι15Iakkhos, Iacchus
ι16Iakkhos, Iacchus
ι17Ialemos, dirge
ι18dirge-like
ι19Ialepsos
ι20iallos
ι21I put forth

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Ἰάλεμος

Ialemos, dirge

Translated by Catharine Roth8 May 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

aetiology
daily life
definition
ethics
mythology
proverbs
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2 notes · 37 words

Translation

He who/that which brings grief to the lost.¹
And [there is] a proverb, "more chilly than Ialemos." They call a dirge a Ialemos. They say that he was the son of Calliope, unfortunate and deprived and orphaned.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰάλεμος· ὁ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀπολωλόσιν ἀνίαν φέρων. καὶ παροιμία, Ἰαλέμου ψυχρότερος. Ἰάλεμον τὸν θρῆνόν φασι. λέγουσι δὲ αὐτὸν υἱὸν Καλλιόπης, κακοδαίμονα καὶ ὑστερούμενον καὶ ὀρφανόν.

Betacode

*)ia/lemos: o( e)pi\ toi=s a)polwlo/sin a)ni/an fe/rwn. kai\ paroimi/a, *)iale/mou yuxro/teros. *)ia/lemon to\n qrh=no/n fasi. le/gousi de\ au)to\n ui(o\n *kallio/phs, kakodai/mona kai\ u(sterou/menon kai\ o)rfano/n.

Notes (2)

cf. generally gamma 491, iota 18.
1As if i)a/lemos were derived from a)ni/a "grief" and the verb a)po/llumi "destroy" (passive "be lost"). ↩
2Apostolius 8.97, etc. For Kalliope see kappa 234. ↩

Linked from3 entries

γ491Γυμνότερος Ἰαλέμουmore naked than a IalemosThe *)ia/lemos [is] a nickname of a dirge. [The proverb] is applied in reference to pitiful people/things. Also [sc. attested is] "more naked than a pestle and a slough", though Aristophanes [says] "more blind". For it…
ι18Ἰαλεμώδηdirge-like[Meaning things that are] frigid and worthless.
ι225Ἰηλεμῆσαιto wail[Meaning] to lament. Also [sc. attested is] i)hlemh=sqai, [meaning] to be lamented.

Neighbouring entries

ι15ἼακχοςIakkhos, Iacchus ι16ἼακχοςIakkhos, Iacchus ι17ἸάλεμοςIalemos, dirge ι18Ἰαλεμώδηdirge-like ι19ἸαληψόςIalepsos

Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Dec 2018

25 Dec 2018added a note — Catharine Roth
8 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
9 May 2006added notes and more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 May 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἰάλεμος (Adler number iota 17), trans. Catharine Roth, 8 May 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/17

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 ↗