Πέρασις βίου

completion of life

Translated by David Whitehead5 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 51 words
[Meaning] the end [sc. of it]. "Grant [now] a completion of life and some closure, unless I am thought to be diminished for ever." [Meaning] unless I am thought to be lessened in evils and to need an addition of evils.
Also [sc. attested is the neuter plural] pe/rata,2 [meaning] goals.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πέρασις βίου· ἡ τελευτή. δότε βίου πέρασιν καὶ καταστροφήν τινα εἰ μὴ δοκῶ τι μειόνως ἔχειν ἀεί. εἰ μὴ δοκῶ ἐλαττόνως ἔχειν τὰ κακὰ καὶ δεῖσθαι προσθήκης κακῶν. καὶ Πέρατα, τέλη.

Betacode
*pe/rasis bi/ou: h( teleuth/. do/te bi/ou pe/rasin kai\ katastrofh/n tina ei) mh\ dokw= ti meio/nws e)/xein a)ei/. ei) mh\ dokw= e)latto/nws e)/xein ta\ kaka\ kai\ dei=sqai prosqh/khs kakw=n. kai\ *pe/rata, te/lh.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 102-104 (prayer of the aged Oedipus), with scholion. ↩
  2. 2Evidently quoted from somewhere, but far too common to track down. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π1031Περάνῃmay accomplish, would accomplishπ1032Περαντικόςconclusiveπ1033Πέρασις βίουcompletion of lifeπ1034Περγαμηναίpergamenesπ1035Περγάμιονpergamine
Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another note — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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