Παλαιόν

ancient, old

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jul 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

3 notes · 41 words
[Meaning something] from a long time earlier;1 as in Homer: "indeed you have long been a guest-friend of my family."2 Also [sc. meaning something] broken-down. As [in] the [phrase], "[there are] many [ships] in sea-girt Ithaca, both new and old ."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλαιόν· τὸ πρὸ πολλοῦ χρόνου· ὡς παρ' Ὁμήρῳ· ἦ ῥά νύ μοι ξεῖνος πατρώϊος ἐσσὶ παλαιός. καὶ τὸ διερρυηκός. ὡς τό, πολλαὶ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Ἰθάκῃ, ἠμὲν νέαι ἠδὲ παλαιαί.

Betacode
*palaio/n: to\ pro\ pollou= xro/nou: w(s par' *(omh/rw|: h)= r(a/ nu/ moi cei=nos patrw/i+os e)ssi\ palaio/s. kai\ to\ dierruhko/s. w(s to/, pollai\ e)n a)mfia/lw| *)iqa/kh|, h)me\n ne/ai h)de\ palaiai/.

Notes (3)

  1. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 415, where the headword occurs (of an "old" Euripidean play -- web address 1).
  2. 1LSJ entry at web address 2. ↩
  3. 2Homer, Iliad 6.215 (web address 3). ↩
  4. 3Homer, Odyssey 2.293 (web address 4). ↩

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π55ΠαλαιεύςPalaieusπ56Παλαιόνancient, old, originalπ57Παλαιόνancient, oldπ58Παλαιὸς ἀφ' οὗ χρόνοςsince an ancient timeπ59ΠαλαίωI wrestle
Revision history6 revisions · last 9 Aug 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
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  3. upgraded links — Catharine Roth
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  5. inserted another link — Catharine Roth
  6. added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Catharine Roth

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