Οἵα
of such a kind, such as
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Feb 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The alpha [is] long.1
"[The blight] such as held the thrice-wretched house."2
Also [sc. attested is]oi(/an feminine [accusative singular], meaning able/powerful. Aristophanes [writes]: "you will sharpen one jaw, as [to serve] for little trials, but the other as [to serve] for greater matters." That is, unjust matters.3
"[The blight] such as held the thrice-wretched house."2
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἵα· μακρὸν τὸ α. οἵα κατέσχε τὸν τρισάθλιον δόμον. καὶ Οἵαν θηλυκῶς, ἀντὶ τοῦ δυνατήν. Ἀριστοφάνης· τὴν μὲν ἑτέραν γνάθον στομώσεις, οἵαν δικιδίοις· τὴν δὲ ἑτέραν οἵαν ἐς τὰ μείζω πράγματα. τουτέστι τὰ ἄδικα.
Betacode
*oi(/a: makro\n to\ a. oi(/a kate/sxe to\n trisa/qlion do/mon. kai\ *oi(/an qhlukw=s, a)nti\ tou= dunath/n. *)aristofa/nhs: th\n me\n e(te/ran gna/qon stomw/seis, oi(/an dikidi/ois: th\n de\ e(te/ran oi(/an e)s ta\ mei/zw pra/gmata. toute/sti ta\ a)/dika.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword (perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the Sophocles passage quoted) is feminine nominative singular of
oi(=os , with long alpha in Attic, eta in Ionic; cf. omicroniota 153, omicroniota 154, omicroniota 155. ↩ - 2A version of Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 370 (web address 1). ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Clouds 1108-10 (web address 2), with scholion; cf. sigma 1138. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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- Translated — Catharine Roth