Μακαρίτας
blessed ones
Translated by Catharine Roth18 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the dead [referred to] euphemistically, on the grounds that those who died are blessed, because they no longer perceive anything terrible. Some Dorians call them zameri/tai , as if they have already obtained a share of the greater part; for the [sc. prefix] za refers to something big.1
Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "how blessed, o Demeter, you have laid down his life, if having lived sparingly and toiled he will not even leave [wherewithal] to be buried." He misused [the wordmakari/thn by using it] instead of maka/rion ["blessed"]; unless he is joking, as if [he meant] a dead man's life.2
Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "how blessed, o Demeter, you have laid down his life, if having lived sparingly and toiled he will not even leave [wherewithal] to be buried." He misused [the word
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μακαρίτας· τοὺς τεθνεῶτας εὐφήμως, ὡς μακαρίων ὄντων τῶν τελευτησάντων, ὅτι οὐκέτι αἰσθάνονταί τινος δεινοῦ. Δωριέων τινὲς αὐτοὺς ζαμερίτας καλοῦσιν, οἷον τῆς μείζονος μερίδος ἤδη κεκοινωνηκότας. τὸ γὰρ ζὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ μεγάλου τίθεται. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ὡς μακαρίτην, ὦ Δάματερ, τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ κατέλεξας, εἰ φεισάμενος καὶ μοχθήσας καταλείψει μηδὲ ταφῆναι. κατεχρήσατο ἀντὶ τοῦ μακάριον· εἰ μὴ ἄρα παίζει, οἷον νεκροῦ βίον.
Betacode
*makari/tas: tou\s teqnew=tas eu)fh/mws, w(s makari/wn o)/ntwn tw=n teleuthsa/ntwn, o(/ti ou)ke/ti ai)sqa/nontai/ tinos deinou=. *dwrie/wn tine\s au)tou\s zameri/tas kalou=sin, oi(=on th=s mei/zonos meri/dos h)/dh kekoinwnhko/tas. to\ ga\r za\ e)pi\ tou= mega/lou ti/qetai. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: w(s makari/thn, w)= *da/mater, to\n bi/on au)tou= kate/lecas, ei) feisa/menos kai\ moxqh/sas katalei/yei mhde\ tafh=nai. katexrh/sato a)nti\ tou= maka/rion: ei) mh\ a)/ra pai/zei, oi(=on nekrou= bi/on.
Notes (2)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Sep 2013
- added another link — Catharine Roth
- fixed link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth