Φεύγοντας

defendants

Translated by David Whitehead16 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 34 words
[Meaning] those being brought to justice. "To pity the defendants rather than those who have brought the indictments, and to weep when they entreat".1
Also [sc. attested is] I flee;2 [used] with an accusative.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φεύγοντας· τοὺς εἰς δίκην ἀγομένους. τοὺς φεύγοντας ἐλεεῖν μᾶλλον τῶν γραψαμένων, κἀπιδακρύειν ἀντιβολούντων. καὶ Φεύγω· αἰτιατικῇ.

Betacode
*feu/gontas: tou\s ei)s di/khn a)gome/nous. tou\s feu/gontas e)leei=n ma=llon tw=n grayame/nwn, ka)pidakru/ein a)ntibolou/ntwn. kai\ *feu/gw: ai)tiatikh=|.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, a participle in the masculine accusative plural, is extracted from the quotation.
    For this meaning of the verb feu/gw see also phi 237.
  2. 1Aristophanes, Wasps 880-2 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the scholia there. ↩
  3. 2Or else (in the light of the entry as a whole): 'I am defending myself in court against'. ↩

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φ234Φεσκάσιονpheskasionφ235Φεῦaugh!φ236Φεύγονταςdefendantsφ237Φεύγοιενthey might be defendantsφ238Φευκτέον[we] must escape; [we] must avoid
Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks; raised status — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics, added link, set status — William Hutton
  4. added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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