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Ἱμερόεντα · delightful (ι 350) · Suda

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Near ι350

ι346Himeraia, Himeraea
ι347Himeraian, Himeraean
ι348Himerius, Himerios
ι349Himerias, Himeria
ι350delightful
ι351yearning
ι352one who loves, one who yearns
ι353lovely
ι354I long [for]

Suda/Ι iota/ι350

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Ἱμερόεντα

delightful

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Apr 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

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3 notes · 28 words

Translation

[Meaning] lovely.¹
[Meaning] shining.²
In the Epigrams: "Kythereia herself granted you to have the delightful girdle from her breasts."³
Also [sc. attested is the nominative] i(mero/eis, [meaning] desirable.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἱμερόεντα· ἐράσμιον. λάμποντα. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· αὐτή σοι Κυθέρεια τὸν ἱμερόεντ' ἀπὸ μαστῶν κεστὸν ἔδωκεν ἔχειν. καὶ Ἱμερόεις, ὁ ἐπιθυμητικός.

Betacode

*(imero/enta: e)ra/smion. la/mponta. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: au)th/ soi *kuqe/reia to\n i(mero/ent' a)po\ mastw=n kesto\n e)/dwken e)/xein. kai\ *(imero/eis, o( e)piqumhtiko/s.

Notes (3)

cf. generally iota 351, iota 352, iota 353, iota 354.
1From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.397, where the headword (accusative singular) occurs. See further, next note. ↩
2Besides the scholion (see preceding note), also in other lexica. ↩
3Greek Anthology 6.88.1-2 (Antiphanes the Macedonian), on the charms of Aphrodite; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (84-85), vol. II (111), and another extract at theta 110. On the magic girdle of 'Kythereia' (= Aphrodite: kappa 2628), see kappa 1427 and kappa 1428.

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)

Linked from4 entries

ι351Ἵμεροςyearning[Meaning] desire. "A fiery yearning came upon him to see Marcellus dead."
ι352Ἱμερτήςone who loves, one who yearns[Meaning] one who desires.
ι353Ἱμερτόςlovely[Meaning] beautiful, beloved, desirable.
ι354ἹμείρωI long [for][Used] with a genitive. Also [sc. attested is middle-voice] i(mei/romai; [also used] with a genitive. [Meaning] I desire. "Desiring life and loving to stay alive is a sign of the greatest baseness and wickedness."

Neighbouring entries

ι348ἹμέριοςHimerius, Himerios ι349ἹμερίαςHimerias, Himeria ι350Ἱμερόενταdelightful ι351Ἵμεροςyearning ι352Ἱμερτήςone who loves, one who yearns

Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Jun 2022

10 Jun 2022expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added keyword — Ronald Allen
18 Jan 2019tweaked note — Catharine Roth
11 Jan 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
14 Apr 2006augmented n.2 and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Apr 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἱμερόεντα (Adler number iota 350), trans. Catharine Roth, 13 Apr 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/350

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