ᾬχου
you departed
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Sep 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"[You departed], leaving him as if he were laid out, all but garlanding him or putting a lekythos beside him." For they are accustomed to do this for the dead.
Greek original · Adler’s text
ᾬχου, καταλιποῦσ' ὡσπερεὶ προκείμενον, μόνον οὐ στεφανώσασ' οὐδ' ἐπιθεῖσα λήκυθον· εἰώθασι γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν νεκρῶν τοῦτο ποιεῖν.
Betacode
*)/w|xou, katalipou=s' w(sperei\ prokei/menon, mo/non ou) stefanw/sas' ou)d' e)piqei=sa lh/kuqon: ei)w/qasi ga\r e)pi\ tw=n nekrw=n tou=to poiei=n.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 537-8 (web address 1) with scholion. For the headword verb see also omega 281, omega 282; for funeral lekythoi, lambda 439.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Oct 2023
- tweaked my translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- another keyword — David Whitehead
- typo; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth