Ποιῶ

I make, I create

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Nov 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

[Used] with a dative; but [sc. also] with an accusative;¹ "at the same time sown and brought forth, as the myth makes the Giants."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ποιῶ· δοτικῇ· αἰτιατικῇ δέ· ὁμοῦ σπαρεὶς καὶ ἀναδοθείς, ὡς ὁ μύθος ποιεῖ τοὺς Γίγαντας.

Betacode

*poiw=: dotikh=|: ai)tiatikh=| de/: o(mou= sparei\s kai\ a)nadoqei/s, w(s o( mu/qos poiei= tou\s *gi/gantas.

1Similar entries in syntactical sources. ↩
2Adler suggested that this might come from Symeon Metaphrastes. With the benefit of TLG searching, one can now see that the source is Gregory of Nazianzus' 43rd oration (the funeral speech for Basil of Caesarea). ↩

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