Καίρια

timely [things]

Translated by Nick Nicholas16 Oct 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 41 words
[Meaning] things that are advantageous.1 "For to whom [= to whose approval], o noble friends, would I ever hear a word of comfort? To whom who thinks timely [things]?".2 Meaning from whom would I hear things that are advantageous?3 Thus Sophocles.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καίρια· τὰ συμφέροντα. τίνι γάρ ποτ', ὦ φιλία γενέθλα, πρόσφορον ἀκούσαιμ' ἔπος; τίνι φρονοῦντι καίρια; ἀντὶ τοῦ παρὰ τίνος ἀκούσαιμι τὰ συμφέροντα; οὕτως Σοφοκλῆς.

Betacode
*kai/ria: ta\ sumfe/ronta. ti/ni ga/r pot', w)= fili/a gene/qla, pro/sforon a)kou/saim' e)/pos; ti/ni fronou=nti kai/ria; a)nti\ tou= para\ ti/nos a)kou/saimi ta\ sumfe/ronta; ou(/tws *sofoklh=s.

Notes (3)

  1. 1The headword (extracted from the quotation given) is neuter nominative/accusative plural of the adjective kai/rios; cf. kappa 1187, kappa 1188. ↩
  2. 2Sophocles, Electra 226-228 (with scholion); the Suda leaves out a)/n after pot'. With a less stilted rendering of the ethic dative: "Who indeed, my noble friends, who that keeps what is appropriate in mind, would think any word of comfort right for my ears?" (Sir Richard Jebb, web address 1) ↩
  3. 3The scholiast paraphrases the verse as "from whom would I ever hear a word of comfort?". In that context "advantageous" is glossing pro/sforon, "serviceable", and not kai/rios. ↩

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  3. Revised — David Whitehead
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  5. tweaks, cross-references — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Nick Nicholas

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