Ἵλαθι
be gracious!
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Apr 2006Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] be favorable.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἵλαθι· ἵλεως ἔσο.
Betacode
*(/ilaqi: i(/lews e)/so.
Notes
- The verb *
i(/lhmi occurs only in the imperative, used in prayers. The headword is a Doric form quoted from Theocritus, Idylls 15.143. (The Ionic form is attested asi(/lhqi , and the Aeolic ase)/llaqi .) For another instance see under eta 478.
cf. generally iota 288.