Προστρόπαιον
penitent
Translated by William Hutton8 Sep 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
"Living the penitent life for a woman, she [...]"1 Meaning supplicatory.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προστρόπαιον· ἡ δὲ ζῶσα βίον τὸν προστρόπαιον γυναικί. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἱκετικόν.
Betacode
*prostro/paion: h( de\ zw=sa bi/on to\n prostro/paion gunaiki/. a)nti\ tou= i(ketiko/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword is neuter nominative/accusative singular or masculine accusative singular -- the latter if, as is reasonable to suppose, it is drawn from the quotation given -- of
prostro/paios . This adjective can refer to those who are polluted by having committed crimes requiring purification, those who seek such purification as a suppliant (as here), and the supernatural powers that take vengeance on unpurified criminals. See also pi 2829, pi 2830, pi 2832, pi 46, alpha 3297. For this connotation of the word cf. Aelius Dionysius pi68, Hesychius omicron1056, pi3900, Synagoge pi709. - 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus) unidentifiable. On no discernible basis, Adler suggests Aelian. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- π46Παλαμναῖοςviolent man[Meaning a] murderer, or one polluted [sc. by blood-guiltiness]. For those who commit homicide with their [sc. bare] hands are called palamnaioi from palamê ["palm of the hand"]. Also [sc. attested is] Zeus Palamnaios,…
- π2829Προστρόπαιονpollutant[Meaning] a curse, defilement. So Aeschines. And invocation [sc. to a god to remove pollution] is something said because of this: at any rate in the [speech] Against Ktesiphon the orator places the words in parallel.
- π2830Προστρόπαιοςpenitent, avenging[Meaning he who has] turned to [someone], beseeching as a suppliant. Sophocles [writes]: "sit as a penitent, holding in your hands my locks and hers and your own as a third, a supplicatory treasure." A supplicatory…
- π2832Πρόστροποιsuppliants[Meaning they] having fallen down before [someone], having supplicated. Sophocles [writes]: "we all beseech you thus as suppliants, to find some defense for us."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 20 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton