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Λοῖσθος · last, final, remaining (λ 763) · Suda

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λ759plagues, pests
λ760remainder, residue
λ761for the rest, finally
λ762last, remaining, ultimate
λ763last, final, remaining
λ764incontinent
λ765Lubas, Lybas
λ766twilight
λ767with violent sobs; together

Suda/Λ lambda/λ763

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Λοῖσθος

last, final, remaining

Translated by William Hutton29 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning] the ultimate/utmost.
Also [sc. attested in the dative as] 'at last', [meaning] to the utmost.¹
"Then he, the last, tosses off his burden and goes into Hades." The saying concerns Alcman.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λοῖσθος· ὁ ἔσχατος. καὶ Λοίσθῳ, ἐσχάτῳ. εἶθ' ὅγε λοῖσθος ἄχθος ἀπορρίψας οἴχεται εἰς ἀΐδαν. περὶ Ἀλκμᾶνος ὁ λόγος.

Betacode

*loi=sqos: o( e)/sxatos. kai\ *loi/sqw|, e)sxa/tw|. ei)=q' o(/ge loi=sqos a)/xqos a)porri/yas oi)/xetai ei)s a)i/+dan. peri\ *)alkma=nos o( lo/gos.

Notes (2)

1= a combination of Hesychius lambda1245 (nominative) and lambda1247 (dative); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 58.45 (and lambda 762). Probably (as Latte claims) from commentary to Homer, Iliad 23.536 where the headword occurs; cf. Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon 109.3. ↩
2An interesting garbling of Greek Anthology 7.19.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum). In place of the Suda's ei)=q' o(/ge loi=sqos... ("then he, the last ...") , the original reads e)/nq' o(/ ge *ludo/s... ("here [sc. in Sparta] he, the Lydian..." Assuming this is a scribal error in transcribing dictation, it shows late-Greek phonological coalescing of u and oi, as well as d and q. In mistaking a oxytone word for a properispomenon, it also exhibits the late-Greek tendency to make word accent correspond to metrical ictus. For Alkman see alpha 1289. See further extracts from this epigram, a fictitious epitaph for Alkman, at kappa 2656 and upsilon 104; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 125-126) and (vol. II, 366). ↩

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 from2 entries

κ2656ΚύκνοςswanA bird that loves singing. "[Alkman], a swan singing strains worthy of the Muses."
λ762Λοίσθιονlast, remaining, ultimate[Meaning] the final one. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'last day', [meaning] final [one].

Neighbouring entries

λ761Λοιπόνfor the rest, finally λ762Λοίσθιονlast, remaining, ultimate λ763Λοῖσθοςlast, final, remaining λ764Λοισθώνηincontinent λ765ΛύβαςLubas, Lybas

Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Apr 2021

27 Apr 2021expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
13 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
22 Apr 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2009x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Jun 2009Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Λοῖσθος (Adler number lambda 763), trans. William Hutton, 29 Jun 2009. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/lambda/763

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗