Φαίημεν
we might assert
Translated by Catharine Roth30 Nov 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φαίημεν· εἴποιμεν. καὶ Φαίης κεν.
Betacode
*fai/hmen: ei)/poimen. kai\ *fai/hs ken.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius (and cf. phi 161). The headword is first person plural, present optative, of
fhmi/ . It must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. ↩ - 2Second person singular, present optative, of
fhmi/ ; quoted (according to Adler) from Homer, Iliad 3.220 (but the phrase occurs also in other poets). ↩
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- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth