Ὅσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι

as much as I am more kingly

Translated by Ioannis Doukas9 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

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Homer [says this]; the [word] o(/son ["as much"] is not here significant of amount, but means “given that I am more kingly”.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὅσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι· Ὅμηρος· τὸ ὅσον ἐνταῦθα οὐκ ἔστι πλήθους ἐμφαντικόν, ἀλλ' ἀντὶ τοῦ καθ' ὅσον εἰμὶ βασιλικώτερος.

Betacode

*(/oson basileu/tero/s ei)mi: *(/omhros: to\ o(/son e)ntau=qa ou)k e)/sti plh/qous e)mfantiko/n, a)ll' a)nti\ tou= kaq' o(/son ei)mi\ basilikw/teros.

Notes

Homer, Iliad 9.160 (with o(/sson: web address 1), with comment from the scholia there; Agamemnon speaking. See also Iliad 9.392 and 10.239 (web addresses 2 and 3)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ο703Ὅσῳby how muchand [sc. also attested is] o(po/sw| ["by however much"]

Neighbouring entries

ο696Ὀσμήfragrance, odor, smell ο697Ὀσσόμενοςdaydreaming, imagining, picturing ο698Ὅσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμιas much as I am more kingly ο699Ὅσον βιώσιμονas far as [is] livable ο700Ὅσον οὐκ ἀποτετέλεστοit had been all but completed

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Feb 2021

14 Feb 2021cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
29 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2010tweaked and expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2010tweaks, upgraded links, set status — Catharine Roth
9 Aug 2010Translated — Ioannis Doukas