Μηδέν ποτ' εἴην ἄλλο πλὴν θεῷ φίλος
may I never be anything other than a friend to god
Translated by David Whitehead7 Jul 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
To the extent that I am numbered under his sphere [lh=cis ] and his power.
Butlh=cis is a word for cessation.1
But
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μηδέν ποτ' εἴην ἄλλο, πλὴν θεῷ φίλος· ἐς ὅσον ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτοῦ λῆξιν καὶ τὸ αὐτοῦ κράτος ἀριθμοῦμαι. Λῆξις δὲ λέγεται παῦσις.
Betacode
*mhde/n pot' ei)/hn a)/llo, plh\n qew=| fi/los: e)s o(/son u(po\ th\n au)tou= lh=cin kai\ to\ au)tou= kra/tos a)riqmou=mai. *lh=cis de\ le/getai pau=sis.
Notes (1)
- The headword phrase (a line of iambic verse) is tentatively classified as a proverb by Adler but does not occur in this form in the paroemiographers. For something close, see Arsenius 8.6f:
eu)dai/mwn ei)/hn kai\ qeoi=s fi/los a)qana/toisi . - 1cf. lambda 465. ↩
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