Φεύγοιεν

they might be defendants

Translated by David Whitehead17 Oct 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 37 words
[Meaning] they might be prosecuted.1
Also [sc. attested is the participle] feu/gwn ["as a defendant"], [meaning] when being prosecuted. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "as a defendant he [sc. an expert in gnats] would easily evade the suit".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φεύγοιεν· κατηγοροῖντο. καὶ Φεύγων, κατηγορούμενος. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· ἦ ῥᾳδίως φεύγων ἂν ἀποφύγοι δίκην.

Betacode
*feu/goien: kathgoroi=nto. kai\ *feu/gwn, kathgorou/menos. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: h)= r(a|di/ws feu/gwn a)\n a)pofu/goi di/khn.

Notes (2)

  1. 1For this sense of the verb feu/gw see already phi 236. The form here is present optative, third person plural. Same glossing in the Synagoge (phi82) and Photius phi128, where Theodoridis plausibly suggests that the headword is extracted from Xenophon, Hellenica 1.1.27 (web address 1). ↩
  2. 2Aristophanes, Clouds 167 (web address 2), with scholion. ↩

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φ235Φεῦaugh!φ236Φεύγονταςdefendantsφ237Φεύγοιενthey might be defendantsφ238Φευκτέον[we] must escape; [we] must avoidφ239Φέψαλοςember
Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Jan 2023
  1. another link — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note, added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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