Λέλακας

you have cried out

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Mar 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 33 words
Meaning you have shouted; for lhkei=n [means] to utter a sound. [This verb] is also [attested] in the poet: "the shield rang under it."1 Also, "the bones cried out."2 Also, "crying out terribly."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λέλακας· ἀντὶ τοῦ κέκραγας· ληκεῖν γὰρ τὸ φωνεῖν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ· λάκε δ' ἀσπὶς ὑπ' αὐτῆς. καί, λάκε δ' ὀστέα. καί, δεινὸν λελακυῖα.

Betacode
*le/lakas: a)nti\ tou= ke/kragas: lhkei=n ga\r to\ fwnei=n. e)/sti de\ kai\ para\ tw=| poihth=|: la/ke d' a)spi\s u(p' au)th=s. kai/, la/ke d' o)ste/a. kai/, deino\n lelakui=a.

Notes (3)

  1. Second person singular, perfect, of the epic/poetic verb la/skw. From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 410, where the headword is spoken by Euripides (web address 1). See also lambda 432.
  2. 1Homer, Iliad 20.277 (web address 2). ↩
  3. 2Homer, Iliad 13.616 (web address 3). ↩
  4. 3Homer, Odyssey 12.85 (web address 4), about Scylla (sigma 709). ↩

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λ235Λεκιθοπώληςpeasepudding-seller, pulse-sellerλ236Λέκιθοςpease-pudding, pulseλ237Λέλακαςyou have cried outλ238Λελάχωσιthey would put [someone] in possession ofλ239ΛέλεγεςLeleges, Lelegians
Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Apr 2013
  1. upgraded links — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another x-ref; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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