Μάκαρι σὺν τύχᾳ
with blessed fortune
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[In this phrase ma/kari is used] instead of makari/a| .1 Aristophanes [writes]: "fly around the blessed one with blessed fortune."2
And elsewhere Aristophanes [writes]: "o blessed Automenes, how blessed we consider you, since you have begotten such very skillful children!"3
And elsewhere Aristophanes [writes]: "o blessed Automenes, how blessed we consider you, since you have begotten such very skillful children!"3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάκαρι σὺν τύχᾳ· ἀντὶ τοῦ μακαρίᾳ. Ἀριστοφάνης· περιπέτεσθε τὸν μάκαρα, μάκαρι σὺν τύχᾳ. καὶ αὖθις Ἀριστοφάνης· ὦ μακάρι' Αὐτόμενες, ὥς σε μακαρίζομεν, παῖδας ἐφύτευσας ὅτι χειροτεχνικωτάτους.
Betacode
*ma/kari su\n tu/xa|: a)nti\ tou= makari/a|. *)aristofa/nhs: peripe/tesqe to\n ma/kara, ma/kari su\n tu/xa|. kai\ au)=qis *)aristofa/nhs: w)= maka/ri' *au)to/menes, w(/s se makari/zomen, pai=das e)fu/teusas o(/ti xeirotexnikwta/tous.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword phrase uses the archaic athematic adjective
ma/kar in the dative singular; it is glossed with the feminine dative singular of the common adjectivemaka/rios . See also mu 59. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Birds 1721 (web address 1), with scholion. The archaic/poetic adjective occurs in a choral lyric passage. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Wasps 1275-6 (where modern editions delete the definite article
to/n : web address 2); here the vocative ofmaka/rios occurs with the final vowel elided. (Automenes is unknown.) ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Apr 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- typo, upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- expanded notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth