Ὀλολυζέτω πίτυς ὅτι πέπτωκε κέδρος
let the pine lament that the cedar is fallen
Translated by David Whitehead14 Oct 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀλολυζέτω πίτυς, ὅτι πέπτωκε κέδρος· τουτέστι τῶν ἰσχυρῶν πιπτόντων τὰ ἀσθενέστερα παιδευέσθωσαν καὶ σωφρονιζέσθωσαν. καὶ ὁ Σολομῶν λέγει· τῶν ἀσεβῶν πιπτόντων, δίκαιοι κατάφοβοι γίνονται. καί, λοιμοῦ μαστιζομένου ἄφρων πανουργότερος γίνεται.
Betacode
*)ololuze/tw pi/tus, o(/ti pe/ptwke ke/dros: toute/sti tw=n i)sxurw=n pipto/ntwn ta\ a)sqene/stera paideue/sqwsan kai\ swfronize/sqwsan. kai\ o( *solomw=n le/gei: tw=n a)sebw=n pipto/ntwn, di/kaioi kata/foboi gi/nontai. kai/, loimou= mastizome/nou a)/frwn panourgo/teros gi/netai.
Notes (3)
- George the Monk, Chronicon 645.9-13.
For 'let...lament' see also omicron 191; and cf. generally omicron 193, omicron 194. - 1Comment on Zechariah 11.2 LXX (where the imperative is actually
o)loluca/tw ). ↩ - 2Proverbs 29.16 LXX. ↩
- 3Proverbs 19.25 LXX; the participle should be
mastigoume/nou . ↩
Linked from4 entries
- λ778Λυγμόςhiccup, screech[Meaning] wail/wailing.
- ο186Ὀλολυγήcry, scream, yell[Meaning a] shout.
- ο191Ὀλολυζέτωlet [her] emit a lamenting cry[Meaning] let [her] mourn/wail. Properly in reference to women. Homer [writes]: "the [women] all held their hands up to Athena with a lamenting cry."
- ο193Ὀλολύζεινto cry aloud, to lament, to wail[Meaning] praying with a shout. Homer [writes]: "they [women] wailed ."
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- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
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