Μελησία
Melesia
Translated by David Whitehead5 May 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
"He saw Melesia and fell in love with her".
"He saw Melesia and fell in love with her".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελησία· ὄνομα κύριον. ὁ δὲ ὁρᾷ τὴν Μελησίαν καὶ ἐρᾷ αὐτῆς.
Betacode
*melhsi/a: o)/noma ku/rion. o( de\ o(ra=| th\n *melhsi/an kai\ e)ra=| au)th=s.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
- μ1060ΜιλήσιονMilesianAlso [sc. attested is the nominative singular] Milesian, [meaning] one [who comes] from the city [of that name].
- μ1123Μίσθωμαfee, price, stipulated payment[Meaning] the courtesan's wage. Aelian [writes]: "but she did not accept [the gift], maintaining it to be a [sc. courtesan's] fee to betray herself to an unknown man."
- π274Παραβαλεῖνto have betrayed, to have given upMeaning to have given over. "He sees Melesia and desires her and sends fifteen thousand gold pieces toward persuading her -- and if more were needed, he said he would give [it]; but she did not accept the gift,…
- ω223Ὡς ἐκ τῶν παρόντωνas out of the current situation[Meaning] out of necessity. "When she learned [this], as out of the current situation [Bacchides] had given to each woman a choice of death as painless and gentle as possible, taking off the diadem which she wore on her…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 24 May 2013
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coded title — Catharine Roth
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- added keyword, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead