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Κωμάσομαι · I will carouse (κ 2255) · Suda

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κ2251deep sleep, coma
κ2252revels, makes merry
κ2253village headman
κ2254to carouse
κ2255I will carouse
κ2256reveller
κ2257Komaulos, Comaulus
κ2258village, neighborhood
κ2259village

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Κωμάσομαι

I will carouse

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Feb 2009Vetting: high6 revisions

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1 note · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] I will behave licentiously.¹ In the Epigrams: "for if you kill me, then I will stop; but if you let me live and bring upon me worse [sc. adversities] than these, I will carouse."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κωμάσομαι· ἀσελγῶς διατεθήσομαι. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ἢν γάρ με κτείνῃς, τότε παύσομαι· ἢν δέ μ' ἀφῇς ζῆν καὶ διαθῇς τούτων χείρονα, κωμάσομαι.

Betacode

*kwma/somai: a)selgw=s diateqh/somai. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: h)\n ga/r me ktei/nh|s, to/te pau/somai: h)\n de/ m' a)fh=|s zh=n kai\ diaqh=|s tou/twn xei/rona, kwma/somai.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword -- future middle of kwma/zw, first person singular -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For this verb see also epsilon 548, kappa 2252, kappa 2254, kappa 2258.
2Greek Anthology 5.64.3-4 (Asclepiades); addressing Zeus, the poet asserts that even some very foul weather events will not thwart his erotic indulgences; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 47) and (vol. II, 124). Gow and Page note (vol. I, 47) that here the Anthologia Palatina transmits the aorist participle diaqei/s, thus perhaps reading: "having disposed of" (vol. II, 124). But they remark that this appears to be the wrong tense, that the presence of the conjunction kai/ attracts the participle to the second person singular aorist subjunctive a)fh=|s, and so they follow the Suda in reading diaqh=|s (ibid.).

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)

Linked from4 entries

κ2252Κωμάζειrevels, makes merry[Meaning he/she/it] sings an ode [sc. for revelry] or a drama, [he/she/it] insults.
κ2254Κωμάσαιto carouse"But Marcus, the general of the Romans, when he was released from the war, wanted to transfer the war to the Lusitanians and (as they say) having escaped the men's quarters to carouse his way into the women's…
κ2256Κωμαστήςreveller[Meaning] one who runs riot with licentious song.
κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood[Meaning the place] in which they used to sleep [e)koimw=nto] when they returned from work; or [a variant of?] xw/mh, as if it were a kind of mound, for construction of the foundation. Also [sc. attested is] kwmh=tai…

Neighbouring entries

κ2253Κωμάρχηςvillage headman κ2254Κωμάσαιto carouse κ2255ΚωμάσομαιI will carouse κ2256Κωμαστήςreveller κ2257ΚώμαυλοςKomaulos, Comaulus

Revision history6 revisions · last 8 Sep 2021

8 Sep 2021tweaked translation after consultation with Managing Editor Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
7 Sep 2021cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
6 Sep 2021expanded n.2, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
16 Mar 2013typo — Catharine Roth
15 Mar 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
22 Feb 2009another keyword — David Whitehead
22 Feb 2009Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κωμάσομαι (Adler number kappa 2255), trans. Catharine Roth, 22 Feb 2009. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2255

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