Μεταχρονία
high in the air
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Sep 2001Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεταχρονία· ἡ εἰς ὕψος φερομένη. τίς γὰρ ἐμοὶ σέο μισθὸς ἐπάξιος, ἤν σε διδάξω ὑψοῦ ὑπὲρ πόντοιο μεταχρονίην ποτέεσθαι;
Betacode
*metaxroni/a: h( ei)s u(/yos ferome/nh. ti/s ga\r e)moi\ se/o misqo\s e)pa/cios, h)/n se dida/cw u(you= u(pe\r po/ntoio metaxroni/hn pote/esqai;
Notes (2)
- 1On this adjective see generally LSJ s.v., at web address 1 (wrongly presenting it, however, as a two-termination one). Its primary meaning there is 'later in time', but also registered is the sense appropriate here. ↩
- 2Fragment of a fable in hexameters, included by Crusius in an appendix to his edition of Babrius, p. 218. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 19 May 2013
- expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth