Κενόν
void, wasteland
Translated by Nick Nicholas28 Oct 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κενόν· ἀνθρώπων ἔρημον. Σοφοκλῆς πρὸς Οἰδίπουν· ἀλλ' εἴπερ ἄρξεις τῆσδε γῆς, ὥσπερ κρατεῖς, ξὺν ἀνδράσι κάλλιον ἢ κενὸν κρατεῖν. ὡς οὐδέν ἐστιν οὔτε πύργος οὔτε ναῦς ἔρημος ἀνδρῶν μὴ ξυνοικούντων ἔσω.
Betacode
*keno/n: a)nqrw/pwn e)/rhmon. *sofoklh=s pro\s *oi)di/poun: a)ll' ei)/per a)/rceis th=sde gh=s, w(/sper kratei=s, cu\n a)ndra/si ka/llion h)\ keno\n kratei=n. w(s ou)de/n e)stin ou)/te pu/rgos ou)/te nau=s e)/rhmos a)ndrw=n mh\ cunoikou/ntwn e)/sw.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation, is the neuter singular -- functioning as a substantive -- of this adjective (for which cf. kappa 1316, kappa 1318).
- 1Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 54-57, with the scholia to 55. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 17 Feb 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas