Μελετώμενοι
studying
Translated by Nick Nicholas10 May 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning they who are] being taught, learning thoroughly. "Just like young eagles fly with gentle wing next to those who begat them, studying flight under them, and after they can lift themselves up, they fly above their parents, especially when they feel their parents are greedy and fly towards the earth because of the smell of meat."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελετώμενοι· διδασκόμενοι, ἐκμανθάνοντες. ὥσπερ νέοι τῶν ἀετῶν ἁπαλῷ μὲν τῷ πτερῷ παραπέτονται τοῖς γειναμένοις αὐτοὺς μελετώμενοι ὑπ' αὐτῶν τὴν πτῆσιν, ἐπειδὰν δὲ αἴρεσθαι δύνωνται, ὑπερπέτονται τοὺς γονέας, ἄλλως τε κἂν λίχνους αἴσθωνται καὶ κνίσης ἕνεκα πρὸς τῇ γῇ πετομένους.
Betacode
*meletw/menoi: didasko/menoi, e)kmanqa/nontes. w(/sper ne/oi tw=n a)etw=n a(palw=| me\n tw=| pterw=| parape/tontai toi=s geiname/nois au)tou\s meletw/menoi u(p' au)tw=n th\n pth=sin, e)peida\n de\ ai)/resqai du/nwntai, u(perpe/tontai tou\s gone/as, a)/llws te ka)\n li/xnous ai)/sqwntai kai\ kni/shs e(/neka pro\s th=| gh=| petome/nous.
Notes (1)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is present middle/passive participle (masculine nominative plural) of the verb
meleta/w . - 1Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7; cf. epsilon 3605. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 15 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- introductory note; x-ref; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas