Μεσῶ

I am in the middle, I am midway

Translated by Nick Nicholas2 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 27 words

[sc. An instance] of the third conjugation of contract verbs.¹ Euripides in Medea [writes]: "I envy you; [her] calamity is in the beginning, and not yet midway."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεσῶ· τρίτης συζυγίας τῶν περισπωμένων. Εὐριπίδης Μηδείᾳ· ζηλῶ σ'· ἐν ἀρχῇ πῆμα κοὐδέπω μεσοῖ.

Betacode

*mesw=: tri/ths suzugi/as tw=n perispwme/nwn. *eu)ripi/dhs *mhdei/a|: zhlw= s': e)n a)rxh=| ph=ma kou)de/pw mesoi=.

Notes (2)

From the scholia to Thucydides 6.30.1, where the phrase qe/rous mesou=ntos occurs.
1That is, an o/w-verb. ↩
2Euripides, Medea 60: web address 1. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Aug 2020

14 Aug 2020tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
16 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
3 Jun 2009another note; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Jun 2009added link, set status — Catharine Roth
2 Jun 2009Translated — Nick Nicholas

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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