Μελεδαίνειν
to care for, to attend upon
Translated by Kyle Helms9 May 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελεδαίνειν· ἐπιμελεῖσθαι. Ἡρόδοτος· τοὺς νοσέοντας κατέλιπεν ἐν τῇσι πόλισι μελεδαίνειν τε καὶ τρέφειν.
Betacode
*meledai/nein: e)pimelei=sqai. *(hro/dotos: tou\s nose/ontas kate/lipen e)n th=|si po/lisi meledai/nein te kai\ tre/fein.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. generally mu 473, mu 474, mu 475. ↩
- 2The quotation from Herodotus (8.115.3) has been abbreviated, with the participle
e)pita/sswn , "ordering," being left out. The subject of the sentence is Xerxes, who is leaving behind his sick soldiers on his march back to the Hellespont. See web address 1 for the full passage. The same passage is cited by LSJ in their definition of the headword,meledai/nein (web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 15 May 2013
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- x-refs; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms