Νώ
we two, us two
Translated by Marcelo Boeri10 Nov 2007Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Instead of “oneself” [au)to/s ].1 Aristophanes [says] in Plutus: “we two [must] make [him] see”.2 Instead of au)to/s ["I myself"]. Or instead of “we must make him see”.
On this [pronoun] and [the pronoun]sfw=e , search in the great Etymological Dictionary.3
On this [pronoun] and [the pronoun]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νώ· ἀντὶ τοῦ αὐτός. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· βλέψαι ποιῆσαι νώ. ἀντὶ τοῦ αὐτός. ἢ ἀντὶ τοῦ δεῖ ἡμᾶς ποιῆσαι αὐτὸν βλέψαι. περὶ τούτου καὶ τοῦ σφῶε ζήτει ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ Ἐτυμολογικῷ.
Betacode
*nw/: a)nti\ tou= au)to/s. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: ble/yai poih=sai nw/. a)nti\ tou= au)to/s. h)\ a)nti\ tou= dei= h(ma=s poih=sai au)to\n ble/yai. peri\ tou/tou kai\ tou= sfw=e zh/tei e)n tw=| mega/lw| *)etumologikw=|.
Notes (3)
- 1
*nw/ is the nominative/accusative dual of the first person pronoun. ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 401 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩
- 3cf. Etymologicum Magnum 739.20. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history7 revisions · last 27 Nov 2020
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation, added note — Catharine Roth
- added link — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri