Μνωμένη
being wooed
Translated by David Whitehead12 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μνωμένη· μνηστευομένη. ὅτι Κῦρος Τώμυριν μνώμενος, ὥς οἱ δόλῳ οὐ προεχώρεεν, ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανοῦς ἤλασε τὴν στρατιάν.
Betacode
*mnwme/nh: mnhsteuome/nh. o(/ti *ku=ros *tw/murin mnw/menos, w(/s oi( do/lw| ou) proexw/reen, e)k tou= e)mfanou=s h)/lase th\n stratia/n.
Notes (2)
- 1In classical Greek the headword is normally a middle verb, the subject of which is the one doing the courting (cf. mu 1149 and LSJ at web address 1). This gloss, and the fact that it and the headword (the latter presumably quoted from somewhere) are in the feminine gender, shows that the lexicographer is thinking of it as a passive, with the person being courted as the subject. Same or similar entry in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu493 Theodoridis). ↩
- 2A paraphrase of Herodotus 1.205 (web address 2); cf. tau 757, repeated at tau 860. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- μ1149Μνᾶταιhe is wooing[Meaning] he is seeking in marriage.
- μ1167Μνηστήcourted [woman], wooed [woman]She who has been married in accordance with courtship [mnhstei/a] or she who is waiting [me/nousa] [sc. to be wedded] from virginity [sc. is] mnhsth/, which is [to say], she who has not known man. Also [sc. attested is…
- μ1174Μνόωντοthey were wooing[Meaning] they were seeking in marriage.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 12 Sep 2020
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note, raised status — Catharine Roth
- internal rearrangement and consequent cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, added links and keywords, cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead