Λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ στρέφῃ
you are wallowing in filth for your old age
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning you are uneducated up to old age.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ στρέφῃ· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπαίδευτος εἶ μέχρι γήρως.
Betacode
*lu=ma tw=| gh/ra| stre/fh|: a)nti\ tou= a)pai/deutos ei)= me/xri gh/rws.
Notes
- Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 805 (where the accepted text reads
tre/fh| "you are nourishing": web address 1), with scholion.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Apr 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth