Πιθοίατο
they might obey
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Mar 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they might be persuaded.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πιθοίατο· πεισθεῖεν.
Betacode
*piqoi/ato: peisqei=en.
Notes
- An epic/poetic third person plural, aorist middle optative, of
pei/qw . It occurs in Homer, Iliad 10.57, from where it is probably extracted here; but see also Semonides fr. 1.22 (preserved in Stobaeus). The form is used by the Empress Eudocia (5th c.) in her Homerocentones, and later mentioned in the Etymologicum Magnum (Kallierges 258.53).
cf. generally pi 1586, pi 1587.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Jul 2014
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth