Μηδὲν μακρὰν ἀπέλθῃς
don't go far away
Translated by David Whitehead7 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. This phrase occurs] in Aristophanes. The [suffix] -den is redundant according to Attic writers.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μηδὲν μακρὰν ἀπέλθῃς· παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει. τὸ δεν παρέλκει κατ' Ἀττικούς.
Betacode
*mhde\n makra\n a)pe/lqh|s: para\ *)aristofa/nei. to\ den pare/lkei kat' *)attikou/s.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Frogs 434 (web address 1), with scholion.
- 1i.e.
mh/ would have sufficed. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
μ872Μηδὲ κάρφος κινεῖνnot to stir even a twigμ873Μηδὲ μέλι μηδὲ μελίσσαςneither honey nor beesμ874Μηδὲν μακρὰν ἀπέλθῃςdon't go far awayμ875Μηδέν ποτ' εἴην ἄλλο πλὴν θεῷ φίλοςmay I never be anything other than a friend to godμ876Μηδέποτε δουλεύσασα γυνὴ δέσποινα γένηταιmay a woman who has been a slave never become a mistress
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- Translated — David Whitehead