Παρείμην

I might grant

Translated by Ronald Allen19 Sep 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 28 words
[Meaning] I might admit.1 Sophocles [writes]: "I might not grant [something] to those [to whom] I seem not to be sensible."2 That is, I might not admit/concede [it].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρείμην· συγχωρήσαιμι. Σοφοκλῆς· οὐκ ἂν παρείμην οἷσι μὴ δοκῶ φρονεῖν. τουτέστιν οὐκ ἂν συγχωρήσαιμι.

Betacode
*parei/mhn: sugxwrh/saimi. *sofoklh=s: ou)k a)\n parei/mhn oi(=si mh\ dokw= fronei=n. toute/stin ou)k a)\n sugxwrh/saimi.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist optative middle (and indicative as well as pluperfect middle/passive), first person singular, of the verb pari/hmi (Smyth, 777); cf. pi 606, LSJ s.v.
  2. 1The gloss is the aorist optative active, first person singular, of the verb sugxwre/w. ↩
  3. 2Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1666 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩

References


H.W. Smyth, Greek Grammar, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1956

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π591Παρειμένονhaving been dropped besideπ592Παρειμένοςhaving been dropped besideπ593ΠαρείμηνI might grantπ594ΠάρειμιI am by, I am present alongsideπ595Παρεῖναιto be by, to be present alongside
Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked tr; other adjustments — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — Ronald Allen

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