Μῶν
surely not?
Translated by Kyle Helms27 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μῶν· ἆρα. σημαίνει σύνδεσμον ἐπιζητητικόν. τὸ γὰρ μῶσθαι ζητεῖν.
Betacode
*mw=n: a)=ra. shmai/nei su/ndesmon e)pizhthtiko/n. to\ ga\r mw=sqai zhtei=n.
Notes (2)
- Same entry in Photius (mu648 Theodoridis).
- 1From
mh\ ou)=n : LSJ entry at web address 1; cf. mu 1333. Fora)=ra see e.g. alpha 3730, alpha 3731. ↩ - 2The particle is not, in fact, derived from the verb
mw=mai (for which see mu 1346 and web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- μ1333Μῶνsurely not?Aristophanes [writes]: "Surely you're not from a fine and noble family, are you?" -- "No, by the gods!" And elsewhere [sc. one finds the equivalence]: mw=n e)sti; [meaning] a)=ra/ e)stin. "I haven't come too late to…
- μ1346Μῶσθαιto covet"[...] to covet what is hidden, and to meddle [...]." Meaning to ask/seek among Spartans.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 28 May 2013
- added primary note — David Whitehead
- x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Kyle Helms