Σᾶ
safe
Translated by Alex Gottesman16 Apr 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
They say sw=|a as a monosyllable [i.e. sa= ], contracting from sw=|a ;1 and [they pronounce] sw=|on [as] sw=n ,2 and sw=|oi [as] soi= ;3 but in Thucydides [there occurs] sw=|oi with two syllables.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σᾶ· τὰ σῷα λέγουσιν μονοσυλλάβως, ἀπὸ τοῦ σῷα συναιροῦντες· καὶ τὸν σῷον σῶν, καὶ σῷοι σοῖ· παρὰ δὲ Θουκυδίδῃ δισυλλάβως σῷοι.
Betacode
*sa=: ta\ sw=|a le/gousin monosulla/bws, a)po\ tou= sw=|a sunairou=ntes: kai\ to\n sw=|on sw=n, kai\ sw=|oi soi=: para\ de\ *qoukudi/dh| disulla/bws sw=|oi.
Notes (4)
- Same entry in Photius; similar ones elsewhere. LSJ s.v. (
sw=s (A) at web address 1) discusses all the forms attested for this adjective.
cf. sigma 824. - 1Neuter plural nominative/accusative. ↩
- 2Masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular. ↩
- 3Masculine nominative plural. ↩
- 4Thuc. 1.74.3 (web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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