Πέσημα
a fall
Translated by Catharine Roth14 Dec 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πέσημα· πτῶμα. πρὸς τοῦδ' ὄλωλε θανασίμῳ πεσήματι. περὶ Αἴαντός φησιν, ὅτι ἑαυτὸν ξίφει διεχρήσατο.
Betacode
*pe/shma: ptw=ma. pro\s tou=d' o)/lwle qanasi/mw| pesh/mati. peri\ *ai)/anto/s fhsin, o(/ti e(auto\n ci/fei diexrh/sato.
Notes (2)
- 1Headword and gloss are both verbal nouns (neuter) related to the verb
pi/ptw , aoriste)/peson . Same glossing in other lexica; references at Photius pi811 Theodoridis. ↩ - 2Sophocles, Ajax 1033 (web address 1), with a comment; again tau 1233. For something similar, see Euripides, Phoenician Women 1420. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Sep 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth