Μεθίει
abandons, gives up, relinquishes
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Feb 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεθίει· ἀμελεῖ, ἀφίει. καὶ Μεθιείς, ἀντὶ τοῦ καταλαμβάνων. οὐδὲ τὸν πόλεμον μεθιείς, τῷ μιαιφόνος τις καὶ παλαμναῖος εἶναι.
Betacode
*meqi/ei: a)melei=, a)fi/ei. kai\ *meqiei/s, a)nti\ tou= katalamba/nwn. ou)de\ to\n po/lemon meqiei/s, tw=| miaifo/nos tis kai\ palamnai=os ei)=nai.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu191 Theodoridis. The headword is epic present active of
meqi/hmi , third person singular; quoted from Homer, Iliad 10.121 (web address 1: cf. the scholia there). See also mu 412, mu 415, mu 417, mu 418, mu 419, mu 424, mu 425, mu 426. ↩ - 2Present active participle of
meqi/hmi , masculine nominative singular, as in the quotation given. This translation of the glossing verbkatala/mbanw follows LSJ s.v. V.2. ↩ - 3Aelian fr. 290 Domingo-Forasté (293 Hercher). ↩
External resources
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Linked from7 entries
- μ415Μεθέσθαιto dismiss[Meaning] to abandon. Sophocles [writes]: "and allow men who are your friends to rule your intentions; dismiss these thoughts."
- μ422Μεθημοσύνηcarelessness[Meaning] negligence, laziness.
- μ423Μεθήμωνnegligent[Meaning] careless.
- μ424Μεθήσεινto be about to release[Meaning] to be about to neglect.
- μ426Μεθίετοwas let go[Meaning he/she/it] was sent out, was sent away. Also [sc. attested is] meqie/mena ['things released'], meaning [things] being thrown, [things] being sent.
- μ783Μετεῖναιto let go, to ignore, to release[Meaning] to go among, pursue; to follow up. Herodotus [writes]: "he first impaled the magi who had persuaded him to let Cyrus go."
- μ790ΜετίημιI let [someone or something] go[Used] with an accusative.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Jun 2013
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
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- tweaked tr and notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth