Μὴ προδοὺς ἡμᾶς γένῃ
do not become one who has betrayed us
Translated by Steven Embree12 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[A phenomenon in] syntax. "Alas, how disheartened I am; and I beseech you by your son and the gods, do not become one who has forsaken us!"
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μὴ προδοὺς ἡμᾶς γένῃ· σύνταξις. οἴμ', ὡς ἀθυμῶ· καὶ σὲ πρὸς τοῦ σοῦ τέκνου καὶ θεῶν ἱκνοῦμαι, μὴ προδοὺς ἡμᾶς γένῃ.
Betacode
*mh\ prodou\s h(ma=s ge/nh|: su/ntacis. oi)/m', w(s a)qumw=: kai\ se\ pro\s tou= sou= te/knou kai\ qew=n i(knou=mai, mh\ prodou\s h(ma=s ge/nh|.
Notes
- This entry probably abbreviates a comment which elucidated the syntax in Sophocles, Ajax 587-8, the quotation given (Tecmessa addresses Ajax: web address 1). Porphyrius in Homeric Questions explains the construction as periphrastic for
mh\ prodw=|s "do not betray." A scholiast on the passage paraphrasesmh\ prodo/ths h(mw=n ge/nh| "do not become a betrayer of us."
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
μ973υνκνοων—Μήποτ' εὖ ἔρδειν γέροντα μηδὲ παῖδα μηδὲ γυναῖκα @1 μηδὲ γείτονος κύνα μήτε κυβερνήτην φίλυπνον μὴ λάλον κωπηλάτηνnever do good to an old man or a child or a women or a neighbour's dog or a sleep-loving helmsman or a garrulous rowerμ974Μήπω γε μήπωnot yet at any rate, not yetμ975Μὴ προδοὺς ἡμᾶς γένῃdo not become one who has betrayed usμ976Μὴ πρὸς ἐμὲ τὰ ποικίλαdon’t [direct] at me your subtletiesμ977Μὴ πρὸς λέοντα δορκὰς ἅψομαι μάχηςI a gazelle will not pick a fight with a lion
Revision history4 revisions · last 22 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, raised status — Catharine Roth
- tweaked note; typo — David Whitehead
- expanded note, added link, changed keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Steven Embree