Οἷ
(h)oi
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Feb 2002Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
With a circumflex accent meaning "for oneself,"1 but with an acute accent [meaning] "these."2 [An example from Plato's] Symposium: "[he said that] a certain one of the domestic servants met him at once . . ."3 Also [sc. attested is] ou(= , meaning "of him."4 [An example from Plato's] Republic: "except himself."5
Appian [writes]: "since [he was suffering] misfortune too great for his skill and indeed beyond the aid [to be obtained] from mortal allies [...]."6
Appian [writes]: "since [he was suffering] misfortune too great for his skill and indeed beyond the aid [to be obtained] from mortal allies [...]."6
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἷ· περισπωμένως ἀντὶ τοῦ ἑαυτῷ, ὀξυτόνως δὲ τὸ οὗτοι. Συμπόσιον· οἷ μὲν γὰρ εὐθὺς παῖδά τινα τῶν ἔνδον ἀπαντήσαντα. καὶ οὗ, ἀντὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Πολιτείας· πλὴν οὗ. Ἀππιανός· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦν οἱ τὸ κακὸν τέχνης κρεῖττον καὶ μέντοι καὶ ἐπικουρίας τῆς ἐκ θνητῶν συμμάχων δυνατώτερον.
Betacode
*oi(=: perispwme/nws a)nti\ tou= e(autw=|, o)cuto/nws de\ to\ ou(=toi. *sumpo/sion: oi(= me\n ga\r eu)qu\s pai=da/ tina tw=n e)/ndon a)panth/santa. kai\ ou(=, a)nti\ tou= au)tou=. *politei/as: plh\n ou(=. *)appiano/s: e)pei\ de\ h)=n oi( to\ kako\n te/xnhs krei=tton kai\ me/ntoi kai\ e)pikouri/as th=s e)k qnhtw=n summa/xwn dunatw/teron.
Notes (6)
- The first paragraph of this entry follows Photius, Lexicon omicron59 Theodoridis.
- 1cf. upsilon 621. ↩
- 2The first is the dative singular of the indirect reflexive pronoun (cf. omicroniota 4); the second is the masculine nominative plural of the pronoun
o(/s , used in earlier Greek as a demonstrative but later mostly restricted to use as a relative pronoun. As an indirect reflexive,oi( would be enclitic except when it is in an emphatic position. ↩ - 3Plato, Symposium 174E (web address 1). ↩
- 4Genitive singular of the indefinite relative pronoun. ↩
- 5Plato, Republic 10.617E (web address 2). ↩
- 6Appian [fr. 8] Mendelssohn, but also part of Aelian fr. 44c Domingo-Forasté, 41 Hercher (on the ailing Nicanor); cf. C. de Boor (reference below). ↩
References
C. de Boor, "Suidas und die Konstantinsche Exzerptsammlung I." Byzantinische Zeitschrift 21 (1912) 419
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history8 revisions · last 16 Mar 2021
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- bibliography, typo, coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 6, upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- expanded citation in note 6 — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth