Λαλητέος
worthy of mention
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝9 Oct 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
"All Achaea [is] your monument, Euripides; surely [you are] not muted, but even worthy of mention."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λαλητέος· ἅπασ' Ἀχαιῒς μνῆμα σόν, Εὐριπίδη· οὔκουν ἄφωνος, ἀλλὰ καὶ λαλητέος.
Betacode
*lalhte/os: a(/pas' *)axaii\+s mnh=ma so/n, *eu)ripi/dh: ou)/koun a)/fwnos, a)lla\ kai\ lalhte/os.
Notes
- Greek Anthology 7.47, attributed to Thucydides the historian.
The poet seems to usea)/fwnos 'having no voice' virtually as a passive, aslalhte/os , the verbal formed fromlale/w clearly is. The verblale/w (lambda 80) is used in later Greek not as 'chatter', 'babble', but simply as 'speak' or 'say'.
'Achaia' is, in the archaic way, Greece (cf. alpha 4680).
Linked from5 entries
- λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling[Meaning] sounding melodically. In the Epigrams: "the rustic strain formerly babbling in the groves [the cicada] adapted to the tune of our lyre-plucking."
- λ74Λαλάγημαbabbling, prattling[Meaning an] utterance, sound. "To you a holy refuge -- as a thank-offering for my life -- and a babbling [...] I dedicate."
- λ75Λαλέοντοςchattering, speaking[lale/ontos is the same as] lalou=ntos.
- λ77Λαλιάdiscourse[Meaning] public speaking. "In his discourse Arcesilaos was precise [in his use] of expressions and quite [...] outspoken."
- λ80ΛαλῶI chatter (to), I talk (to)[Used] with a dative.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 31 Mar 2020
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; modified keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝