Οὐκ ἐξόν

not appropriate, not permitted

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Jul 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

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[Meaning] not suitable, not fitting.¹
"[...] whom he named contrary to ancestral tradition, giving him the name of a hero, [which was] not appropriate."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐκ ἐξόν· οὐ προσῆκον, οὐ πρέπον. ὃν παρὰ τὰ πάτρια ὠνόμασεν ἥρωος ἐπιθεὶς ὄνομα, οὐκ ἐξόν.

Betacode

*ou)k e)co/n: ou) prosh=kon, ou) pre/pon. o(\n para\ ta\ pa/tria w)no/masen h(/rwos e)piqei\s o)/noma, ou)k e)co/n.

Notes (2)

1On e)/con, neuter nominative/accusative participle of e)/cesti, see epsilon 1799 and epsilon 1800. ↩
2For a fuller version of this story about Pericles and his son Paralos, see pi 1179. ↩

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π1179ΠερικλῆςPerikles, PericlesAn Athenian. In his time the Peloponnesian War began, and the Kylonian pollution, in which Perikles was implicated, was driven from the Athenians. Now, Kylon was an Athenian who had won a victory at the Olympic games…

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ο871Οὐκ ἐξῄεσανthey were not going out ο872Οὐκ ἐξήρκεσενit did not suffice ο873Οὐκ ἐξόνnot appropriate, not permitted ο874Οὐκ ἐπαινεθείης οὐδὲ ἐν περιδείπνῳyou would not be praised even at a funeral-feast ο875Οὐκ ἔπεσεν εἰς γῆν ἡ εὐχήthe prayer did not fall to earth

Revision history2 revisions · last 1 Aug 2013

1 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2010more keywords — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2010Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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