Μετόν
there being a share
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] it being possible.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "no-one will be a thief. For how would he steal, there being a share for him?" Instead ofme/testi ["there is a share"].2
Aristophanes [writes]: "no-one will be a thief. For how would he steal, there being a share for him?" Instead of
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετόν· ἐξόν. Ἀριστοφάνης· οὐδ' ἂν κλέπτης οὐδεὶς ἔσται. πῶς γὰρ κλέψαι; μετὸν αὐτῷ. ἀντὶ τοῦ μέτεστι.
Betacode
*meto/n: e)co/n. *)aristofa/nhs: ou)d' a)\n kle/pths ou)dei\s e)/stai. pw=s ga\r kle/yai; meto\n au)tw=|. a)nti\ tou= me/testi.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword is present participle (neuter accusative singular in an accusative absolute construction) of
me/teimi which is in used in impersonal constructions in the third-person singular and neuter participle. Same glossing in the Synagoge, Photius (mu360 Theodoridis), Hesychius mu1113, and a scholion on Plato, Laws 10.900E, where the headword occurs (web address 1); cf. omicron 918. ↩ - 2An approximation of Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 667 (web address 2), with scholion. Aside from other textual issues, the Suda's quotation of the line shows no awareness that it is divided between two speakers: Blepyros asks 'will no-one be a thief?'; Praxagora answers '(sc. No), for ...'. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 May 2013
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr., augmented note, added keyword, raised status — William Hutton
- expanded n.2; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth