Νέηαι
you would return
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] you would travel, you would go back.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νέηαι· πορευθῇς, ἐπανέλθῃς.
Betacode
*ne/hai: poreuqh=|s, e)pane/lqh|s.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- α4188Ἄσμενοςglad[Meaning] rejoicing, [reacting] with pleasure, eagerly. Also [sc. attested is] a)smene/stata ["most gladly"] meaning most eagerly. "[He] having accepted the challenge most gladly." Also found is a)smenai/tata.
- ν133Νέεσθαιto go, to return[Meaning] to travel.
- ν265ΝεῦμαιI will returnMeaning I will come. Homer [writes]: "for in the morning I will return". [Instead] of a present there is ne/omai, [by contraction] neu=mai. He means to say 'I will come'.
- ν293Νεῖταιwill come[Meaning he/she/it] will arrive, will go. "And he will not come again spreading bird-lime on the reed hunting-traps."
- ν501ΝόστοςhomecomingIn common use [meaning] "sweetening," in reference to foods. As if from the return and coming back to one's home; from the sweetness of the homeland. For nothing is sweeter than one's fatherland, according to Homer. But…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Sep 2014
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- Translated — Catharine Roth