Μέτρησον
measure, measure out
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝23 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] lend.1 And Hesiod [writes]: "get good measure from a neighbor, and return [it] well."1 And Theopompus in Hawkers [writes]: "either allot or measure out or exact a penalty."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μέτρησον· δάνεισον. καὶ Ἡσίοδος· εὖ μὲν μετρεῖσθαι παρὰ γείτονος, εὖ δ' ἀποδοῦναι. καὶ Θεόπομπος Καπήλοις· μετάδος ἢ μέτρησον ἢ τιμὴν λάβε.
Betacode
*me/trhson: da/neison. kai\ *(hsi/odos: eu)= me\n metrei=sqai para\ gei/tonos, eu)= d' a)podou=nai. kai\ *qeo/pompos *kaph/lois: meta/dos h)\ me/trhson h)\ timh\n la/be.
Notes (2)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1021, where the headword (an aorist imperative) occurs. For this verb see also mu 806, mu 807, mu 808.
- 1Hesiod, Works and Days 349. ↩
- 2Theopompus fr. 26 Kock, now 27 K.-A. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Dec 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝