Μονονουχί
all but
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μονονουχί· σχεδόν, ἐγγύς. ἀντὶ τοῦ κυρίως εἰπεῖν ἢ παρ' ὀλίγον εἰπεῖν. μονονουχὶ τὸ τῆς τραγῳδίας ἐπιφθεγγόμενον· ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα.
Betacode
*mononouxi/: sxedo/n, e)ggu/s. a)nti\ tou= kuri/ws ei)pei=n h)\ par' o)li/gon ei)pei=n. mononouxi\ to\ th=s tragw|di/as e)pifqeggo/menon: e)xqrw=n a)/dwra dw=ra.
Notes (3)
- cf. mu 1233.
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu523 Theodoridis), and in a scholion on Plato, Axiochus 365B. ↩
- 2cf. Anecdota Oxoniensia ed. Cramer 2.460.12. ↩
- 3Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 7.15.11 (quoting Sophocles, Ajax 665; cf. alpha 519, alpha 1144, epsilon 4028), on the Avar khan (see chi 3 generally); cf. de Boor (272) and Whitby (201). On the Avars, see generally alpha 18 note. ↩
References
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Linked from3 entries
- ε4028Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμαenemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpfulAjax says: "but I will go to the bathing place and the seaside meadows, so I may purify my defilements and escape the weighty wrath of the goddess. When I arrive, whatever trackless place I reach, I will dig up the…
- μ1233Μονονοῦall but, nearlyInstead of mononouxi/.
- ο985Οὐχ ὁσονούnot all butMeaning not slowly, but quickly; like mononou/.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 May 2025
- expanded n.3, added bibliography and cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented n.3; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth