Συναλλαγαῖς

[in] dealings, [in] interchanges

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Apr 2014Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 45 words

Translation

[Meaning in] fellowships, [in] friendships.1 Sophocles [writes]: "and in the dealings of divinities." That is, by the fellowships and associations with the divine to guess the intentions of the gods.2 And elsewhere: "has he died by tricks, or by an interchange of [= with] disease?"3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Συναλλαγαῖς· κοινωνίαις, φιλίαις. Σοφοκλῆς· ἔν τε δαιμόνων συναλλαγαῖς. τουτέστι ταῖς πρὸς τὸ θεῖον κοινωνίαις καὶ ὁμιλίαις στοχάζεσθαι τῆς τῶν θεῶν διανοίας. καὶ αὖθις· πότερα δόλοισι τέθνηκεν, ἢ νόσου συναλλαγῇ;

Betacode
*sunallagai=s: koinwni/ais, fili/ais. *sofoklh=s: e)/n te daimo/nwn sunallagai=s. toute/sti tai=s pro\s to\ qei=on koinwni/ais kai\ o(mili/ais stoxa/zesqai th=s tw=n qew=n dianoi/as. kai\ au)=qis: po/tera do/loisi te/qnhken, h)\ no/sou sunallagh=|; 

Notes (3)

  1. 1Dative plural of sunallagh/, from the quotation which follows. ↩
  2. 2Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 34, with scholion. ↩
  3. 3Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 960, on Polybus (pi 1942). The verb included by the lexicographer, te/qnhken, does not appear in the verse, but can be understood from the context. Compare xi 114. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Jul 2016
  1. x-ref — David Whitehead
  2. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  3. x-ref; more keywords; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

“[in] dealings, [in] interchanges.” Suda On Line. Tr. Catharine Roth. 23 April 2014. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/sigma/1430>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/sigma/1430>.

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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