Μεθάρμοσον

correct

Translated by Ronald Allen17 Mar 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

Translation

[Meaning] amend.1 "Lending a sharp ear to my words, if I should not hit it just right, correct [sc. me]."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεθάρμοσον· ἐπανόρθωσον. ὀξεῖαν ἀκοὴν τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοισι διδούς, εἰ μή τι καιροῦ τυγχάνω, μεθάρμοσον.

Betacode
*meqa/rmoson: e)pano/rqwson. o)cei=an a)koh\n toi=s e)moi=s lo/goisi didou/s, ei) mh/ ti kairou= tugxa/nw, meqa/rmoson. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist imperative active, second person singular, of the verb meqarmo/zw, I correct, dispose of differently; see generally LSJ s.v., and cf. mu 410.
  2. 1The gloss is the same form as the headword, but from the verb e)panorqo/w, I amend, restore; see LSJ s.v. ↩
  3. 2Sophocles, Electra 30-1 (web address 1): Orestes lays out his plans to the Paedagogus. The gloss is from the scholia there. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Jul 2020
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ronald Allen

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