Ὁμοῦ
close, close at hand
Translated by Amanda Aponte17 Dec 2009Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] near. Aristophanes [writes]: "so before she is close at hand, be silent so that we may hear her."1 And Menander [writes]: "but the matter is close at hand."2
But in Sophocles [sc. it is used] to meansu/n : "with the gods even a man who is with [o(mou= ] no power might succeed. But I, even divided from those [gods], believe that I will win this glory."3
And Demosthenes [uses]o(mou= to mean e)ggu\s in his [speech] Against Aristogeiton: "all the Athenians are nearly [o(mou= ] twenty thousand [in number]."4 For there he wishes to show that [the citizens] were nearly twenty thousand, since then they were clearly not [exactly] twenty thousand [in number]. And Isaeus assigned o(mou= to time in his Reply to Dorotheus: "he had nearly [o(mou= ] come into [a situation] of such wretchedness and daring."5 Also in the Reply to Kallikrates: "but since he does not order nearly [o(mou= ] all these things."6 But Lysias assigned this [word] to location in his Letter to Metaneira: "since many women and men were lying nearby [o(mou= ]."7 Homer also [assigned it] to location, for Patroklos says: "do not lay my bones apart from yours, Achilles, but [lay them] nearby [o(mou= ], just as I was reared in our halls."8
And Aelian [writes]: "but Syphax, being near [o(mou= ] to death, recited iambs from tragedy, as [if] fearing the Macedonian: 'Look, setting up this law for mortals, do not establish your own misery and remorse.'9 His thread had not yet broken."10
And elsewhere: "not being strong enough to give birth she was close [o(mou= ] to breaking."11
This [usage] is common amongst Attic writers -- witness e.g. Menander: "for she was already close [o(mou= ] to giving birth."12
But in Sophocles [sc. it is used] to mean
And Demosthenes [uses]
And Aelian [writes]: "but Syphax, being near [
And elsewhere: "not being strong enough to give birth she was close [
This [usage] is common amongst Attic writers -- witness e.g. Menander: "for she was already close [
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁμοῦ· ἐγγύς. Ἀριστοφάνης· πρὶν οὖν ὁμοῦ γενέσθαι, σιγᾶθ', ἵν' αὐτῆς πυθώμεθα. καὶ Μένανδρος· ἔστι δὲ ὁμοῦ τὸ χρῆμα. παρὰ δὲ Σοφοκλεῖ ἀντὶ τῆς σύν· θεοῖς μὲν κἂν ὁ μηδὲν ὢν ὁμοῦ κράτος κατακτήσαιτ'· ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ δίχα κείνων πέποιθα τοῦτ' ἐπισπάσειν κλέος. καὶ Δημοσθένης τῷ ὁμοῦ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐγγὺς κέχρηται ἐν τῷ κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος· εἰσὶν ὁμοῦ δισμύριαι χιλιάδες Ἀθηναίων. ἔνθα γὰρ βούλεται δηλοῦν ὅτι ἐγγὺς τῶν δισμυρίων εἰσιν, ἐπεὶ ὅτι γε οὐκ ἦσαν δισμύριοι φανερόν. Ἰσαῖος δὲ τὸ ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ χρόνου ἔταξεν ἐν τῷ πρὸς Δωρόθεον· [ἐς] τοσοῦτον πονηρίας ὁμοῦ καὶ τόλμης ἐλήλυθε. καὶ ἐν τῷ πρὸς Καλλικράτην· οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τούτου πάντα ὁμοῦ ταῦτα ἐπιτάξαντος. Λυσίας δὲ ἐπὶ τόπου τοῦτο ἔταξεν ἐν τῇ πρὸς Μετάνειραν ἐπιστολῇ· γυναικῶν δὲ πολλῶν καὶ ἀνδρῶν ὁμοῦ κατακειμένων. καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐπὶ τόπου· Πάτροκλος γὰρ λέγει· μὴ ἐμὰ σῶν ἀπάνευθε τιθέμεναι ὀστέ', Ἀχιλλεῦ, ἀλλ' ὁμοῦ, ὡς ἐτράφην ἐν ἡμετέροισι δόμοισι. καὶ Αἰλιανός· ὁ δὲ Σύφαξ ὁμοῦ τι τῷ θανάτῳ ὢν ἀνεφθέγξατο τὰ ἐκ τῆς τραγῳδίας ἰαμβεῖα, ὡς δεδιττόμενος τὸν Μακεδόνα· ὅρα, τιθεῖσα τόνδε τὸν νόμον βροτοῖς, μὴ πῆμα σαυτῇ καὶ μετάνοιαν τιθῇς. οὐ μὴν ἔσπασέ τι ἡ μήρινθος αὐτῷ. καὶ αὖθις· μὴ ἰσχύουσα τεκεῖν ὁμοῦ τι τῷ ῥαγῆναι ἦν. ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο πολὺ παρὰ Ἀττικοῖς. ὡς καὶ Μένανδρος· ἤδη γὰρ τοῦ τίκτειν ὁμοῦ.
Betacode
*(omou=: e)ggu/s. *)aristofa/nhs: pri\n ou)=n o(mou= gene/sqai, siga=q', i(/n' au)th=s puqw/meqa. kai\ *me/nandros: e)/sti de\ o(mou= to\ xrh=ma. para\ de\ *sofoklei= a)nti\ th=s su/n: qeoi=s me\n ka)\n o( mhde\n w)\n o(mou= kra/tos katakth/sait': e)gw\ de\ kai\ di/xa kei/nwn pe/poiqa tou=t' e)pispa/sein kle/os. kai\ *dhmosqe/nhs tw=| o(mou= a)nti\ tou= e)ggu\s ke/xrhtai e)n tw=| kata\ *)aristogei/tonos: ei)si\n o(mou= dismu/riai xilia/des *)aqhnai/wn. e)/nqa ga\r bou/letai dhlou=n o(/ti e)ggu\s tw=n dismuri/wn ei)sin, e)pei\ o(/ti ge ou)k h)=san dismu/rioi fanero/n. *)isai=os de\ to\ o(mou= e)pi\ xro/nou e)/tacen e)n tw=| pro\s *dwro/qeon: [e)s] tosou=ton ponhri/as o(mou= kai\ to/lmhs e)lh/luqe. kai\ e)n tw=| pro\s *kallikra/thn: ou) mh\n a)lla\ tou/tou pa/nta o(mou= tau=ta e)pita/cantos. *lusi/as de\ e)pi\ to/pou tou=to e)/tacen e)n th=| pro\s *meta/neiran e)pistolh=|: gunaikw=n de\ pollw=n kai\ a)ndrw=n o(mou= katakeime/nwn. kai\ *(/omhros e)pi\ to/pou: *pa/troklos ga\r le/gei: mh\ e)ma\ sw=n a)pa/neuqe tiqe/menai o)ste/', *)axilleu=, a)ll' o(mou=, w(s e)tra/fhn e)n h(mete/roisi do/moisi. kai\ *ai)liano/s: o( de\ *su/fac o(mou= ti tw=| qana/tw| w)\n a)nefqe/gcato ta\ e)k th=s tragw|di/as i)ambei=a, w(s deditto/menos to\n *makedo/na: o(/ra, tiqei=sa to/nde to\n no/mon brotoi=s, mh\ ph=ma sauth=| kai\ meta/noian tiqh=|s. ou) mh\n e)/spase/ ti h( mh/rinqos au)tw=|. kai\ au)=qis: mh\ i)sxu/ousa tekei=n o(mou= ti tw=| r(agh=nai h)=n. e)/sti de\ tou=to polu\ para\ *)attikoi=s. w(s kai\ *me/nandros: h)/dh ga\r tou= ti/ktein o(mou=.
Notes (12)
- For this headword see already omicron 291. The present entry takes the equivalent one in Harpokration (cited for Demosthenes and Menander: see nn. 4 and 12 below) but enlarges it with other material.
- 1Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 572-3 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Menander fr. 906 Kock, 769 Koerte, now 648 Kassel-Austin. ↩
- 3Sophocles, Ajax 767-9 (web address 2), with scholion. ↩
- 4[Demosthenes] 25.51 (web address 3), cited from Harpok. ↩
- 5Isaeus fr. 34 Sauppe. ↩
- 6Isaeus fr. 75 Sauppe. ↩
- 7Lysias fr. 256 Sauppe (now 454 Carey OCT). ↩
- 8Homer, Iliad 23.83 (web address 4). ↩
- 9Sophocles, Electra 580-581 (web address 5). ↩
- 10Aelian fr. 67a Domingo-Forasté (64 Hercher); cf. mu 978. The identity of the Macedonian to whom Aelian refers is unclear. He either incorrectly attributes Sophocles' quotation to Euripides or Agathon, both of whom spent time in the Macedonian court, or refers to a theatrical performance of Alexander the Great, Philip of Macedon or another, unknown, Macedonian. ↩
- 11Aelian fr. 299 Domingo-Forasté (302 Hercher). ↩
- 12Menander fr. 851 Kock (640 K.-A.), cited from Harpok. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 5 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- μ978Μήρινθοςline[Meaning] rope, or cord, bond, noose. "Now this line brought in nothing." [sc. A saying] in reference to those who try something and fail. "The line certainly brought in nothing good for them; for not much later clouds…
- ο291Ὁμοῦtogether, near[Meaning] very close. "The girl was near to the impact, and would have been killed, if the thunderbolt had not come down between the two."
- π796ΠάτροκλοςPatroklos, PatroclusA proper name. And the vocative [is] w)= *patro/kleis and w)= *pa/trokle.
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Revision history9 revisions · last 19 May 2016
- codings — David Whitehead
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 10 — Catharine Roth
- added primary note; tweaks — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 11 — Catharine Roth
- x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Amanda Aponte