Φθαίη σε
might anticipate you, might beat you
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Nov 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φθαίη σε· προλάβῃ σέ τις εἰς ἐκκλησίαν. καὶ Φθαίησι.
Betacode
*fqai/h se: prola/bh| se/ tis ei)s e)kklhsi/an. kai\ *fqai/hsi.
Notes (2)
- 1A garbled verion of Aristophanes, Knights 935-6 (web address 1), with the glossing of the scholia there. The passage actually reads:
fqai/hs e)/t' ei)s e)kklhsi/an e)lqw/n , "you might come first into [the] assembly." The verb is aorist optative offqa/nw (from the athematic aoriste)/fqhn ); for this verb see also phi 475 (with analogous glossing), phi 476, phi 478, phi 479, phi 486, phi 487, phi 488. ↩ - 2cf. ps.-Zonaras. This form of the third person singular optative occurs in the compound
parafqai/hsi in Homer, Iliad 10.346; cf. Hesychius. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- φ475Φθάνειanticipates, steals a march on[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] gets ahead of.
- φ478Φθάσειεmight outstrip[Meaning he/she/it] might do before [someone else]. "You you know that some who have stripped themselves in the tax offices or been altogether persuaded in the noontime of their lives by some single misfortune are…
- φ487Φθῆναιto outstrip[Meaning] to anticipate. Josephus [writes]: "as the king was vexed at having already given out their pay to the Israelites, the prophet advised him to do whatever God approved."
- φ488Φθήσεταιwill outstrip[Meaning he/she/it] will overtake.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Mar 2023
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- tweaked headword, tr, notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth