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Ἴπτω · I hurt (ι 585) · 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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ι581horseman
ι582ridden down
ι583horse-hair-crested
ι584horse-keeping
ι585I hurt
ι586make an ageing horse do the lesser circuit
ι587Hippon
ι588Hipponax
ι589flies

Suda/Ι iota/ι585

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Ἴπτω

I hurt

Translated by Catharine Roth28 May 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

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3 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning] I harm.¹ "You [Apollo] did great harm to the host of the Achaeans."² But i)pw= with circumflex accent [is used] meaning "I press."
And Aristophanes [writes] "weighed down by misfortunes."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἴπτω· βλάπτω. μέγα δ' ἴψαο λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν. Ἰπῶ δὲ περισπωμένως ἀντὶ τοῦ θλίβω. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· ἰπούμενος ταῖς συμφοραῖς.

Betacode

*)/iptw: bla/ptw. me/ga d' i)/yao lao\n *)axaiw=n. *)ipw= de\ perispwme/nws a)nti\ tou= qli/bw. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: i)pou/menos tai=s sumforai=s.

Notes (3)

Entry out of alphabetical order.
1cf. iota 590. Outside lexicography, the middle i)/ptomai is used. ↩
2Homer, Iliad 1.454 (web address 1), quoted again at iota 796. ↩
3Aristophanes, Knights 924 (web address 2). The verb i)po/w is derived from i)=pos "weight." At iota 582 this passage is quoted with i(ppou/menos, as if with a verb derived from i(/ppos "horse."

External resources

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

Linked from3 entries

ι582Ἰππούμενοςridden down[Meaning one who is] pressed hard, forced. Aristophanes in Knights [writes]: "ridden down by misfortunes."
ι590ἼπτωI hurt[Meaning] I harm; [used] with an accusative.
ι796Ἴψωyou hurt[Meaning] you harmed. "You [ = Apollo] hurt greatly the host of the Achaeans."

Neighbouring entries

ι583Ἵππουρινhorse-hair-crested ι584Ἱπποφορβόςhorse-keeping ι585ἼπτωI hurt ι586Ἵππῳ γηράσκοντι τὰ μείονα κύκλον ἐπίβαλλεmake an ageing horse do the lesser circuit ι587ἽππωνHippon

Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Apr 2014

1 Apr 2014another note — David Whitehead
19 Jan 2013upgraded links — Catharine Roth
14 Jan 2013more keywords — David Whitehead
29 May 2006another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 May 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἴπτω (Adler number iota 585), trans. Catharine Roth, 28 May 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/585

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