Οὐκ ἂν δύναιο γαστρὶ πενθῆσαι νέκυν

you could not mourn a dead man with a belly

Translated by Ioannis Doukas9 Aug 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

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And Homer [says]: "it is not possible for the Achaeans to mourn a dead man with a belly".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐκ ἂν δύναιο γαστρὶ πενθῆσαι νέκυν· καὶ Ὅμηρος· γαστέρι δ' οὔπως ἐστὶ νέκυν πενθῆσαι Ἀχαιούς.

Betacode

*ou)k a)\n du/naio gastri\ penqh=sai ne/kun: kai\ *(/omhros: gaste/ri d' ou)/pws e)sti\ ne/kun penqh=sai *)axaiou/s.

Notes (1)

The unglossed headword phrase is Comica adespota fr. 278 Kock (not in K.-A.) = Tragica adespota fr. 331 Nauck and Kannicht-Snell. Likewise in Photius, Lexicon omicron631 Theodoridis, and attributed ultimately to Aelius Dionysius omicron39.
1Homer, Iliad 19.225 (web address 1). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ο846Οὐκ ἂν ἀποδοίης; οὐχ ὅσον γ' ἐμοί γ' εἰδέναιwon't you pay [me] back? -- not as far as I know ο847Οὐκ ἀνασχήσομαιI will not put up with [it]ο848Οὐκ ἂν δύναιο γαστρὶ πενθῆσαι νέκυνyou could not mourn a dead man with a belly ο849Οὐκ ἄνευ γε Θησέωςnot indeed without Theseus.ο850Οὐκ ἄνευ τινόςnot without something

Revision history6 revisions · last 25 Feb 2021

25 Feb 2021coding — Catharine Roth
20 May 2016codings — David Whitehead
29 Dec 2014Revised — David Whitehead
1 Aug 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2010upgraded link — Catharine Roth
10 Aug 2010more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2010Translated — Ioannis Doukas