Φαρμακεύς

sorcerer, poisoner

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 27 words
"Judging that these wine-bearers were poisoners and believing that those who were asleep had died, he killed the Aetolians."1
"[Antonina] having associated much with her parents' sorcerers."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φαρμακεύς. τοὺς οἰνοχόους τούσδε ἡγησάμενοι φαρμακεῖς καὶ πιστεύσαντες τεθνάναι τοὺς καθεύδοντας, τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς ἀπέκτεινε. φαρμακεῦσί τε πατρῴοις πολλὰ ὡμιληκυῖα.

Betacode
*farmakeu/s. tou\s oi)noxo/ous tou/sde h(ghsa/menoi farmakei=s kai\ pisteu/santes teqna/nai tou\s kaqeu/dontas, tou\s *ai)twlou\s a)pe/kteine. farmakeu=si/ te patrw/|ois polla\ w(milhkui=a.

Notes (2)

  1. The unglossed headword, nominative singular, is presumably generated by the oblique-case plurals in the quotations given.
  2. 1An approximation -- the verb should be 'they killed' -- of Aelian fr. 76c Domingo-Forasté (73 Hercher); cf. pi 2678. ↩
  3. 2Procopius, Secret History 1.12; cf. mu 306. ↩

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φ96Φαρέτραquiverφ97Φαρμακᾶςyou are suffering from the effects of drugsφ98Φαρμακεύςsorcerer, poisonerφ99ΦαρμακεύωI drug, I purgeφ100Φαρμακείαwitchcraft, poisoning
Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Jan 2023
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. updated reference in note 1 — Catharine Roth
  4. modified reference — Catharine Roth
  5. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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