Σχολῇ γ' ἄν
hardly, scarcely
Translated by David Whitehead2 Jun 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σχολῇ γ' ἄν· ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐδ' ὅλως, βραδέως, οὐδαμῶς. Σοφοκλῆς· ἐπεὶ σχολῇ σ' ἂν οἴκους τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἐστειλάμην.
Betacode
*sxolh=| g' a)/n: a)nti\ tou= ou)d' o(/lws, brade/ws, ou)damw=s. *sofoklh=s: e)pei\ sxolh=| s' a)\n oi)/kous tou\s e)mou\s e)steila/mhn.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation, illustrates a specialised adverbial use of the noun
sxolh/ (sigma 1802) in the dative case; see generally LSJ s.v., B.2, with other instances. - 1Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 434, with scholion. The mss of both Sophocles and the Suda differ as to whether what precedes
a)/n isg' (often part of this idiom: see LSJ) ors' ; both are given here. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- κ809Κατὰ σχολήνat leisureMeaning scarcely, or noiselessly. "She alone [seems] to have left her husband and come out at leisure".
- σ1802Σχολήleisure[The word sxolh/] is not the place in which they are at school and spend time on education, nor is it culture and spending time on words/speeches, but [it is that] which most people, incorrectly, call eukairia; the…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Jun 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead