Συμψήσας
having raked away, having swept away
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Jun 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
[Meaning] having rubbed out.1
Herodotus [writes]: "one of the sacred white horses violently rushing into the river tried to cross, but [the river] sweeping it away went carrying it under water."2
And Iamblichus [writes]: "the river sweeping away the divers forcibly carried them down, and they no longer returned."3
Herodotus [writes]: "one of the sacred white horses violently rushing into the river tried to cross, but [the river] sweeping it away went carrying it under water."2
And Iamblichus [writes]: "the river sweeping away the divers forcibly carried them down, and they no longer returned."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Συμψήσας· συντρίψας. Ἡρόδοτος· τῶν τις ἱερῶν ἵππων τῶν λευκῶν ὑπὸ ὕβριος ἐσβὰς ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν διαβαίνειν ἐπειρᾶτο· ὁ δέ μιν συμψήσας ὑποβρύχιον οἰχώκεε φέρων. καὶ Ἰάμβλιχος· βιαζομένους δὲ τοὺς κολυμβητὰς συμψήσας ὁ ποταμὸς ἔφερε κάτω, καὶ οὐκέτι ἀπενόστησαν.
Betacode
*sumyh/sas: suntri/yas. *(hro/dotos: tw=n tis i(erw=n i(/ppwn tw=n leukw=n u(po\ u(/brios e)sba\s e)s to\n potamo\n diabai/nein e)peira=to: o( de/ min sumyh/sas u(pobru/xion oi)xw/kee fe/rwn. kai\ *)ia/mblixos: biazome/nous de\ tou\s kolumbhta\s sumyh/sas o( potamo\s e)/fere ka/tw, kai\ ou)ke/ti a)peno/sthsan.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword is aorist active participle of
sumya/w (cf. sigma 1415), masculine nominative singular, from a gloss on the quotation which follows. ↩ - 2Herodotus 1.189.1 (on Cyrus at the R. Gyndes). ↩
- 3Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 54 Habrich. Part of the same story seems to appear at sigma 562. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- σ562Σκευήgear[Meaning] equipment, outfit. "The priest was preparing the gear of the executioner, employing the most familiar objects instead of the most hallowed." "Most of the animals were swept along into the deep and drowned,…
- σ1415Συμψῆσαιto rake away[Meaning] to rub out. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "then standing up again, the boys to rake away and take care not to leave an image of their youth for their lovers." They used to rake over the place where they had…
- σ1417Συμησθείςswept away, swept up[Meaning] harmed, wounded.
- σ1528Συνεψήσθηwas jointly swept away[Meaning he/she/it] was jointly reduced.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history1 revision · last 2 Jun 2014
- expanded n.2; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth