Μεθείω

I would release

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Feb 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 19 words
[Meaning] I would let go, I would allow.1
And meqei/qh ["he/she/it was released"] [comes] out of the same [verb].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεθείω· ἀφῶ, ἐάσω. καὶ Μεθείθη ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

Betacode
*meqei/w: a)fw=, e)a/sw. kai\ *meqei/qh e)c au)tou=.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu184 Theodoridis. The headword is an epic aorist subjunctive of meqi/hmi, first person singular; from Homer, Iliad 3.414. ↩
  2. 2Aorist passive, third person singular; already at mu 416. ↩

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μ416Μεθείθηwas dispatched, was let goμ417Μεθεῖναιto releaseμ418ΜεθείωI would releaseμ419Μεθείςhaving releasedμ420Μέθηstrong drink, drunkenness
Revision history2 revisions · last 14 May 2013
  1. tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. augmented n.1 and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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