ε323Ἐθηλύνθην
I was emasculated, I was enervated, I was weakened
[Meaning] I was bewitched. "Like iron in a tempering-bath, I was emasculated in the mouth." In tempering, the iron is not softened, but is made hard; so a distinction must be made as follows. For I myself, [Ajax] is…
Ἐθηλύνθην· ἐκηλήθην· βαφῇ σίδηρος ὡς ἐθηλύνθην στόμα. ἐν τῇ βαφῇ οὐκ ἀνίεται ὁ σίδηρος, ἀλλὰ σκληρύνεται· οὕτως οὖν διασταλτέον, κἀγὼ γάρ, φησίν, ὃς ἠπείλουν καὶ ἔζεον καὶ ἐβόων…