Οἷος
such a one
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἷος· ὁποῖος. ὦ δύσμορ' Αἶαν, οἷος ὢν οἵως ἔχεις· ὡς καὶ παρ' ἐχθροῖς ἄξιος θρήνων τυχεῖν.
Betacode
*oi(=os: o(poi=os. w)= du/smor' *ai)=an, oi(=os w)\n oi(/ws e)/xeis: w(s kai\ par' e)xqroi=s a)/cios qrh/nwn tuxei=n.
Notes (2)
- 1See also omicroniota 151. ↩
- 2Sophocles, Ajax 923-4 (web address 1); cf. omega 32. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
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- οι17Οἱασοῦνof such-and-such a kind[no gloss]
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- οι151Οἷοςalone; the type [of person][Meaning] only, or what sort. "He was a busybody in everything; for he was the type not to let anything human or divine go uninvestigated."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Mar 2021
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- corrected note number; other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict