Νεῖται
will come
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Nov 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεῖται· ἀφίξεται, ἐλεύσεται. οὐδ' ἔτι νεῖται ἰξὸν ἐπ' ἀγρευταῖς χευάμενος καλάμοις.
Betacode
*nei=tai: a)fi/cetai, e)leu/setai. ou)d' e)/ti nei=tai i)co\n e)p' a)greutai=s xeua/menos kala/mois.
Notes (2)
- Contracted third person singular of
ne/omai (see nu 133, nu 134). The present indicative usually has a future sense, and is defined by the lexicographer with future-tense verbs. - 1cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 12.188 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 7.171.3-4 (Mnasalces), a fowler's epitaph signals that birds are safe to perch near his grave; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 142) and (vol. II, 405). ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
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- Translated — Catharine Roth