Προάστειον

suburb

Translated by David Whitehead11 Mar 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 26 words
[*proa/steion, genitive] proastei/ou. But Sophocles [has] proasti/ou with an iota. "[Have you seen anywhere] the man amongst us? [...] he [is coming] out of a suburb."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προάστειον, προαστείου. ὁ δὲ Σοφοκλῆς προαστίου, διὰ τοῦ ι. τὸν ἄνδρ' ἐφ' ἡμῖν; οὗτος ἐκ προαστίου.

Betacode
*proa/steion, proastei/ou. o( de\ *sofoklh=s proasti/ou, dia\ tou= i. to\n a)/ndr' e)f' h(mi=n; ou(=tos e)k proasti/ou.

Notes (1)

  1. 1Sophocles, Electra 1431-2, here abridged (see web address 1). In modern editions Orestes asks the question (about Aegisthus: alphaiota 62), Electra answers. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π2320ΠροαποθνήσκωI die before, I die in defence ofπ2321ΠροασπίζομαιI protect, I shieldπ2322Προάστειονsuburbπ2323Προαύλιονvestibuleπ2324Προβάλλεσθαιto bring forward
Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Nov 2021
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. x-ref — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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