Πρόστροποι
suppliants
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Sep 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόστροποι· προσπεπτωκότες, προστετραμμένοι. Σοφοκλῆς· ἱκετεύομέν σε πάντες ὧδε πρόστροποι, ἀλκήν τιν' εὑρεῖν ἡμῖν.
Betacode
*pro/stropoi: prospeptwko/tes, prostetramme/noi. *sofoklh=s: i(keteu/ome/n se pa/ntes w(=de pro/stropoi, a)lkh/n tin' eu(rei=n h(mi=n.
Notes (1)
- The headword is nominative plural masculine or feminine -- masculine if, as it seems, it is drawn from the quotation given -- of the adjective
pro/stropos . For related words see pi 2828, pi 2830; cf. Hesychius pi3914. - 1Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 41-2 (web address 1), with scholion. Sophocles' text has
oi(/de "these" rather thanw(=de "thus." ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π2828Προστρόπαιονpenitent"Living the penitent life for a woman, she [...]" Meaning supplicatory.
- 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…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, tweaks, added keyword, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — Catharine Roth