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Ἱμείρω · I long [for] (ι 354) · 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

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ι350delightful
ι351yearning
ι352one who loves, one who yearns
ι353lovely
ι354I long [for]
ι355drawn from a well
ι356well-rope
ι357rope-twister's songs
ι358cable's length

Suda/Ι iota/ι354

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Ἱμείρω

I long [for]

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Apr 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 34 words

Translation

[Used] with a genitive. Also [sc. attested is middle-voice] i(mei/romai; [also used] with a genitive.
[Meaning] I desire.¹
"Desiring life and loving to stay alive is a sign of the greatest baseness and wickedness."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἱμείρω· γενικῇ. καὶ Ἱμείρομαι· γενικῇ. ἐπιθυμῶ. τὸ ἱμείρειν τοῦ βίου καὶ φιλοζωεῖν τῆς μεγίστης ἀγεννείας ἐστὶ σημεῖον καὶ κακίας.

Betacode

*(imei/rw: genikh=|. kai\ *(imei/romai: genikh=|. e)piqumw=. to\ i(mei/rein tou= bi/ou kai\ filozwei=n th=s megi/sths a)gennei/as e)sti\ shmei=on kai\ kaki/as.

Notes (2)

cf. generally iota 350, iota 351, iota 352, iota 353.
1cf. scholion on Homer, Odyssey 1.41 (i(mei/retai). The middle voice occurs in epic, Ionic prose, and Attic tragedy, but not in Attic prose (see LSJ s.v.). ↩
2Polybius fr. 164 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (535) that Toup attributed this fragment to Polybius; for an analogous Polybian passage (ibid.) characterizing an obsessive instinct for survival as ignoble in nature, cf. 28.21 (web address 1). The Suda here transmits a)gennei/as (genitive singular of the feminine noun a)ge/nneia, baseness), but Büttner-Wobst follows Hultsch in replacing it with the alternative spelling a)genni/as (ibid.). Apropos of this fragment, Walbank gestures (753) at Polybius 30.7 (web address 2) and observes that there Polybius qualifies pointed moral pronouncements in the vein of this fragment as what might be given in retort. But, in reflection, Walbank also concedes that -- as Schweighäuser emphasized -- the present fragment could represent an assertion that has been advanced disingenuously (ibid.).

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. III, (Oxford 1979)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from4 entries

ι350Ἱμερόενταdelightful[Meaning] lovely. [Meaning] shining. In the Epigrams: "Kythereia herself granted you to have the delightful girdle from her breasts." Also [sc. attested is the nominative] i(mero/eis, [meaning] desirable.
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.

Neighbouring entries

ι352Ἱμερτήςone who loves, one who yearns ι353Ἱμερτόςlovely ι354ἹμείρωI long [for]ι355Ἱμητόνdrawn from a well ι356Ἱμονιάwell-rope

Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Oct 2018

10 Oct 2018improved prose and reference — Ronald Allen
10 Oct 2018expanded n.2, added bibliography, added links, added keyword — Ronald Allen
11 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
14 Apr 2006x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Apr 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἱμείρω (Adler number iota 354), trans. Catharine Roth, 13 Apr 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/354

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