Λύγδην
with violent sobs; together
Translated by Kyle Helms29 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning they] sobbing violently. Or meaning together. "In such ways, locked in each other's arms, they were all weeping with violent sobs."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λύγδην· λύζοντες. ἢ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὁμοῦ. τοιαῦτ' ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμφικείμενοι λύγδην ἔκλαιον ἅπαντες.
Betacode
*lu/gdhn: lu/zontes. h)\ a)nti\ tou= o(mou=. toiau=t' e)p' a)llh/loisin a)mfikei/menoi lu/gdhn e)/klaion a(/pantes.
Notes (1)
- The headword is a rare adverb formed from the verb,
lu/zw , used here as the gloss. See also lambda 789 (end). - 1Or (as indicated) "weeping together". In any event, these word are spoken by a messenger at Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1620-1 (web address 1), quoted again at mu 1293. The entry comes from a scholion on this verse. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccupsIf [spelled] with a zeta, [it means] o)lolu/zei ["he/she/it cries aloud"]; but if without the a zeta [i.e. as lu/ei], [it means] a)lu/ei ["he/she/it is distraught"], that is, he/she/it is sorely troubled. Or lu/zei…
- μ1293Μοῦσαι καλαὶ κ' Ἄπολλον οἷς ἐγὼ σπένδωlovely Muses and Apollo to whom I make libationThe construction is according to the dominance of the masculine, just as in Sophocles: "everyone [pa/ntes] wept with sobs," where there are two feminine and one masculine, Oedipus and the two sisters. But the Muses were…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Apr 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- added primary note; tweaks — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, note, and link — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Kyle Helms