Πρόστητ' ἀναγκαίας τύχης

protect [me] from necessary fate

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Sep 2013Vetting: high5 revisions

8 words
[Meaning] become [my] defenders from the impending misfortune.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρόστητ' ἀναγκαίας τύχης· ἐπίκουροι γίνεσθε τῆς κατεπειγούσης συντυχίας.

Betacode
*pro/stht' a)nagkai/as tu/xhs: e)pi/kouroi gi/nesqe th=s katepeigou/shs suntuxi/as.

Notes

  1. Sophocles, Ajax 803, with scholion.
    For the main verb in the quotation, plural imperative of proi+/sthmi governing a genitive of separation, contrast pi 2814, where the genitive functions differently.

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

π2815Πρὸς τῇ πυλίδι ἙρμῆςHermes by the little gateπ2816Προστήσαςhaving set [someone] beforeπ2817Πρόστητ' ἀναγκαίας τύχηςprotect [me] from necessary fateπ2818Προστιβάδεςbeds, bivouacsπ2819Πρὸς τιμῆςin honor
Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Dec 2021
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  5. expanded note, added keyword, raised status — William Hutton
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

“protect [me] from necessary fate.” Suda On Line. Tr. Catharine Roth. 9 September 2013. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/2817>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/2817>.

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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