Προξενῶ θ' ὑμᾶς ἀεί
and I am your proxenos always
Translated by David Whitehead15 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning I protect [you]. Aristophanes [sc. writes this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προξενῶ θ' ὑμᾶς ἀεί· ἀντὶ τοῦ προΐσταμαι. Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*procenw= q' u(ma=s a)ei/: a)nti\ tou= proi/+stamai. *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 576, with scholion. This is spoken (to the women) by Kleisthenes, to whom the first part of pi 2540 also applies.
Linked from4 entries
- π2513ΠρομνῶμαιI woo, I court for another[Meaning] I introduce, I solicit.
- π2537Προξένειguide, protect[Meaning] tell [me]. "O dearest one, guide [me], as one who will now accomplish all." Or [it means] that, as you say, guide me and provide what is useful.
- π2540Πρόξενοςproxenos[Meaning a] champion/spokesman. "And you join in finding him out, so that you may have thanks for this as well as for that, o proxenos." Also [sc. attested in the plural] proxenoi, [meaning] the champions/spokesmen of…
- π2542ΠροξενῶI act as proxenos ofMeaning I exercise authority over; [used] with a genitive.
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