Στέργω

I am content, I love

Translated by Catharine Roth30 Mar 2014Vetting: high6 revisions

3 notes · 52 words

[Used] with a dative: "That man, I suppose, [not having] a force was obliged to be content with these [terms]."¹ But [sc. also] with an accusative: "the one loves the lower territory [...]."² Also, "[it is easier] for us to love [silence], as [it is] free from the danger caused by fear."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στέργω· δοτικῇ. ἐκεῖνος οἶμαι δυνάμει στέργειν ἠναγκάζετο τούτοις. αἰτιατικῇ δέ· ὁ μὲν στέργει τὴν κάτω χώραν. καί, στέργειν μὲν ἡμᾶς ὡς ἀκίνδυνον φόβῳ.

Betacode

*ste/rgw: dotikh=|. e)kei=nos oi)=mai duna/mei ste/rgein h)nagka/zeto tou/tois. ai)tiatikh=| de/: o( me\n ste/rgei th\n ka/tw xw/ran. kai/, ste/rgein me\n h(ma=s w(s a)ki/ndunon fo/bw|.

Notes (3)

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss FV.
1A garbling (dative duna/mei should be accusative, dependent on the omitted phrase 'not having') of Demosthenes 23.171, on Chabrias (chi 1). The correct version is translated here. ↩
2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as coming from Gregory of Nazianzus' Funeral Oration for Basil of Caesarea (43.26.4). ↩
3Adler notes Gaisford's identification of this phrase as coming from 'John of Damascus, Canones 1.116' (= Analecta Hymnica Graeca, Canones Decembris, day 17 canon 27 ode 9.1). The idea is that composing a hymn of praise is a risky undertaking. ↩

Linked from1 entry

σ1056ΣτέρξωI will put up [with], I will be content [with][Meaning] I will endure. Sophocles [writes]: "I will never put up with these men; but rocky Skyros will be sufficient for me hereafter, to take pleasure alone." Polybius [writes]: "but now (for it is not in our…

Neighbouring entries

σ1043Στερρὰfirm, solid σ1044Στέργηθροςlove σ1045ΣτέργωI am content, I love σ1046Στερέμνιονhard, fast σ1047Στερεομετρίαsolid-measurement, three-dimensional geometry

Revision history6 revisions · last 6 Apr 2022

6 Apr 2022expanded note — Catharine Roth
5 Apr 2022another keyword — Catharine Roth
5 Apr 2022tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
9 Jan 2015coding — Catharine Roth
12 Dec 2014coding — Catharine Roth
31 Mar 2014tweaks to tr; notes; more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
30 Mar 2014Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (3)

Linked from1 entry

Neighbouring entries

Share this entry