Περίειμι

I survive

Translated by Catharine Roth29 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning] I am alive, I am still safe.1
"And 'I myself,' he said, 'fought in Mysia and am now surviving;' and holding up his spear, he said, 'in this is my trust'."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περίειμι· ζῶ, ἔτι σῴζομαι. καὶ αὐτὸς μέν, ἔφη, ἐπὶ τῆς Μυσίας ἐπολέμησα καὶ περίειμι νῦν· καὶ λόγχην ἐπανατείνας, ἐν ταύτῃ, ἔφη, πίστις ἡμῖν ἐστι.

Betacode
*peri/eimi: zw=, e)/ti sw/|zomai. kai\ au)to\s me/n, e)/fh, e)pi\ th=s *musi/as e)pole/mhsa kai\ peri/eimi nu=n: kai\ lo/gxhn e)panatei/nas, e)n tau/th|, e)/fh, pi/stis h(mi=n e)sti. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1cf. pi 1146, pi 1147, pi 1217. ↩
  2. 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. For Mysia cf. generally epsilon 1668. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 May 2016
  1. coding etc. — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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