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Ἵησιν · throws (ι 226) · 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

Near ι226

ι222Ieou, Jehu
ι223invoked with a cry
ι224I sent, I threw
ι225to wail
ι226throws
ι227would go
ι228Iesonides
ι229Jesus the Christ and our God
ι230healer

Suda/Ι iota/ι226

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Ἵησιν

throws

Translated by Catharine Roth20 Mar 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] lets go.¹
"As one [of Menon's soldiers] was splitting wood, when he saw Clearchus approaching, he threw the axe at him." Xenophon [sc. writes this].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἵησιν· ἀφίησιν. σχίζων τις ξύλα, ὡς εἶδε τὸν Κλέαρχον προσιόντα, ἵησι τῇ ἀξίνῃ. Ξενοφῶν.

Betacode

*(/ihsin: a)fi/hsin. sxi/zwn tis cu/la, w(s ei)=de to\n *kle/arxon prosio/nta, i(/hsi th=| a)ci/nh|. *cenofw=n.

Notes (1)

[1] Same glossing in other lexica (see the references at Photius iota71 Theodoridis) and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.12, from where the headword -- the athematic third person singular, present, of i(/hmi (cf. iota 213) -- is quoted.
2Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.12 (web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

ε2086Ἐπεστάτειused to control, used to manage[Meaning he] used to lead, used to command. Xenophon [writes]: "this presented an opportunity to grasp how Klearchos used to manage [the men], with a spear in his left hand and a staff in his right".
η164Ἧκενsent[Meaning he/she/it] threw.
ι213Ἵειthrows[Meaning he/she/it] sends, releases. "He threw himself into cold water, asserting that baths are the old age of men."

Neighbouring entries

ι224ἼηλαI sent, I threw ι225Ἰηλεμῆσαιto wail ι226Ἵησινthrows ι227Ἴῃσινwould go ι228ἸησονίδηςIesonides

Revision history5 revisions · last 6 Jan 2019

6 Jan 2019tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
21 Jan 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
10 Jan 2013expanded notes and keywords — David Whitehead
19 May 2006augmented note, added keyword — Catharine Roth
20 Mar 2006more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἵησιν (Adler number iota 226), trans. Catharine Roth, 20 Mar 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/226

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 ↗