Μονόζωνοι

single-belters

Translated by Nick Nicholas2 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

Translation

[Meaning] wandering barbarians; or bandits ready for battle.1
Sophocles [writes]: "but if he names one lonely wayfarer, then clearly this deed weighs against me."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μονόζωνοι· ἔφοδοι βάρβαροι· ἢ ἀπελάται μάχιμοι. Σοφοκλῆς· εἰ δ' ἄνδρ' ἕν' οἰόζωνον αὐδήσει, σαφῶς τοῦτ' ἐστὶν ἤδη τοὖργον εἰς ἐμὲ ῥέπον.

Betacode
*mono/zwnoi: e)/fodoi ba/rbaroi: h)\ a)pela/tai ma/ximoi. *sofoklh=s: ei) d' a)/ndr' e(/n' oi)o/zwnon au)dh/sei, safw=s tou=t' e)sti\n h)/dh tou)=rgon ei)s e)me\ r(e/pon. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu518 Theodoridis, where the editor claims the headword as quoted from the Septuagint (4 Kingdoms 5.2; other instances [DW] in 6.23 and 13.20). See also mu 1226 for more on the military use of the word. It is not extant before the Septuagint, but it is used to gloss oi)o/zwnos "alone and girt up, lonely wayfarer" in the scholia to the quoted passage of Sophocles. ↩
  2. 2Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 846-7 (web address 1); cf. preceding note. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 18 May 2016
  1. coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. expanded notes — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Nick Nicholas

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