Οὐκ ἐφέξεις
you will not hold back
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Jul 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] you will not cease.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐκ ἐφέξεις· οὐ παύσῃ.
Betacode
*ou)k e)fe/ceis: ou) pau/sh|.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 916, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1). The sausage-seller is threatening Kleon (kappa 1731) with never-ending expenditure on an old trireme.
The verbe)fe/ceis is future indicative active, second person singular, ofe)pe/xw (cf. epsilon 3860).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
ο889Οὐκ ἐτόςnot in vainο890Οὐκ ἐτὸς ἀφ' ἡμῶν εἰσιν αἱ τραγῳδίαι οὐδὲν γάρ εἰσι πλὴν Ποσειδῶν καὶ σκάφηno wonder tragedies [come] from us for they are nothing but Poseidon and a boatο891Οὐκ ἐφέξειςyou will not hold backο892Οὐκ ἔχαδενdid not containο893Οὐκ ἔχων ὅ τι χρήσηται τοῖς παροῦσι κακοῖςnot knowing what he should do in the present evils
Revision history2 revisions · last 1 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth