Κατηρεφέα

vaulted

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Sep 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 38 words

Translation

[Meaning] roofed-over.1
"For they are going to send you to that place, where you will never see the light of the sun, and living in a vaulted chamber [outside] of this land you will sing of your misfortunes."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατηρεφέα· κατεστεγασμένα. μέλλουσι γὰρ ἐνταῦθά σε πέμψειν, ἔνθα μήποθ' ἡλίου φέγγος προσόψει, ζῶσα δ' ἐν κατηρεφεῖ στέγῃ χθονὸς τῆσδ' ὑμνήσεις κακά.

Betacode
*kathrefe/a: katestegasme/na. me/llousi ga\r e)ntau=qa/ se pe/myein, e)/nqa mh/poq' h(li/ou fe/ggos proso/yei, zw=sa d' e)n kathrefei= ste/gh| xqono\s th=sd' u(mnh/seis kaka/. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica and various scholia (inc. on Homer, Iliad 18.589: web address 1); see the references at Photius kappa471 Theodoridis. The headword is neuter nominative/accusative plural of the adjective kathrefh/s. It must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation which follows, where the adjective is in the dative singular). ↩
  2. 2Sophocles, Electra 379-382 (web address 2), with some omissions. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Jul 2019
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. upgraded links — Catharine Roth
  3. tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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