Ὦ τάν

o sir; you sir

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Sep 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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The [expression] w)= ta/n [is used] not only [to address] one person, but also [to address] two.¹ So Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "sir[s], get away from me!"² And Cratinus [writes], "sir[s], will you accept ...?"³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὦ τάν· οὐ πρὸς ἕνα μόνον τὸ ὦ τάν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς δύο. ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ὦ τάν, ἀπαλλάχθητον ἀπ' ἐμοῦ. καὶ Κρατῖνος ἆρά γε, ὦ τάν, ἐθελήσετον;

Betacode

*)=w ta/n: ou) pro\s e(/na mo/non to\ w)= ta/n, a)lla\ kai\ pro\s du/o. w(s *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: w)= ta/n, a)palla/xqhton a)p' e)mou=. kai\ *krati=nos a)=ra/ ge, w)= ta/n, e)qelh/seton;

Notes (3)

For this headword see already omega 260.
1In both of the illustrative examples about to be given, dual verbs guarantee a pair of addressees rather than a larger plurality. ↩
2Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 66 (web address 1). ↩
3Cratinus fr. 360 Kock, now 307 K.-A. ↩

External resources

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ω260μέλεεyou sir - you there - you wretch and you good-for-nothingAmong recent [writers] these expressions are spoken only by women, but among the ancients [they were spoken] also by men. And often also they say w)= ta/n in reference to a group of people, as in Ktesiphon. For the…

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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Oct 2023

1 Oct 2023cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
3 Jan 2015updated a ref — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2013another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
11 Sep 2005cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

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