Μακραίωνι σχολῇ

in a long-lasting respite

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Apr 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] in [one] taking a long time, in a slow struggle. Sophocles [sc. uses the expression].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μακραίωνι σχολῇ· πολυχρονίῳ, βραδεῖ ἀγῶνι. Σοφοκλῆς.

Betacode

*makrai/wni sxolh=|: poluxroni/w|, bradei= a)gw=ni. *sofoklh=s.

Notes

From a scholion on Sophocles, Ajax 194 (web address 1), where the expression occurs in a choral lyric passage (with the Doric dative sxola=|). See also mu 73.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

μ73Μακραίωναςlong-lasting[Meaning] long-lived. Sophocles [writes]: "I indeed do not have a desire for a long-lasting life, I who endure this report." Meaning I do not want to live with this reputation.

Neighbouring entries

μ72Μακρὰ χαίρειν[to say] a long goodbye, to dismiss μ73Μακραίωναςlong-lasting μ74Μακραίωνι σχολῇin a long-lasting respite μ75Μακρέτειοςlong in years μ76ΜακρόβιοιMakrobioi, long-livers

Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Apr 2013

29 Apr 2013Revised — David Whitehead
27 Apr 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
13 Apr 2009tweaks — David Whitehead
12 Apr 2009Translated — Catharine Roth