Μεθέσθαι

to dismiss

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Feb 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 19 words
[Meaning] to abandon.1
Sophocles [writes]: "and allow men who are your friends to rule your intentions; dismiss these thoughts."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεθέσθαι· καταλιπεῖν. Σοφοκλῆς· καὶ δὸς ἀνδράσιν φίλοις γνώμησι φατῆσαι, τάσδε φροντίδας μεθέσθαι.

Betacode
*meqe/sqai: katalipei=n. *sofoklh=s: kai\ do\s a)ndra/sin fi/lois gnw/mhsi fath=sai, ta/sde fronti/das meqe/sqai.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise in other lexica. The headword (presumably quoted from somewhere) is aorist middle infinitive of meqi/hmi; cf. mu 417, mu 418, mu 419, mu 424, mu 425, mu 426, mu 427. ↩
  2. 2A faulty version of Sophocles, Ajax 483-4 (web address 1) -- read krath=sai instead of fath=sai and, importantly in the present context, meqei/s (aorist participle) instead of the infinitive meqe/sqai. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

μ413Μεθέξεινto be about to share inμ414Μέθεξιςparticipation, sharingμ415Μεθέσθαιto dismissμ416Μεθείθηwas dispatched, was let goμ417Μεθεῖναιto release
Revision history3 revisions · last 15 May 2013
  1. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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