Σημαίνομαι
I infer
Translated by William Hutton28 Oct 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I interpret, I recognize through indications. Sophocles [writes]: "some things I infer, but others I am confounded about and do not have a means of understanding." Or 'I infer' [meaning] I put together for himself1 certain indications from the track, but otherwise I am at a loss; since this sort of thing happens in the case of trackers, when the tracks are arranged.2 Ajax's gait has become difficult to track and disturbed because of his madness.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σημαίνομαι· σηματίζομαι, διὰ σημείων γινώσκω. Σοφοκλῆς· καὶ τὰ μὲν σημαίνομαι, τὰ δ' ἐκπέπληγμαι κοὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅτου. ἢ σημαίνομαι, ἀντὶ τοῦ σημεῖα ἑαυτῷ τινα συντίθημι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴχνους, τὸ δὲ ἀπορῶ· ἐπεὶ τοιοῦτον συμβαίνει περὶ τοὺς ἰχνευτάς, ἐπιταττομένων τῶν ἰχνῶν. διὰ δὲ τὴν μανίαν δυσίχνευτος καὶ ἐπιτεταραγμένη ἡ βάσις γέγονε τοῦ Αἴαντος.
Betacode
*shmai/nomai: shmati/zomai, dia\ shmei/wn ginw/skw. *sofoklh=s: kai\ ta\ me\n shmai/nomai, ta\ d' e)kpe/plhgmai kou)k e)/xw maqei=n o(/tou. h)\ shmai/nomai, a)nti\ tou= shmei=a e(autw=| tina sunti/qhmi a)po\ tou= i)/xnous, to\ de\ a)porw=: e)pei\ toiou=ton sumbai/nei peri\ tou\s i)xneuta/s, e)pitattome/nwn tw=n i)xnw=n. dia\ de\ th\n mani/an dusi/xneutos kai\ e)pitetaragme/nh h( ba/sis ge/gone tou= *ai)/antos.
Notes (2)
- Sophocles, Ajax 32-33, with the glossing of the scholia there. The last word of the quotation varies between
o(/tou ando(/pou in the mss of Sophocles, and betweeno(/tou ando(/sou in the mss of the Suda. Adler chooseso(/tou on the authority of ms F. Among editors of Sophocles, Pearson (who reports the reading of the Suda incorrectly) chooseso(/tou , whereas Lloyd-Jones and Wilson go foro(/pou . The difference in meaning is slight. - 1The scholia (and some Suda mss) have the required 'for myself',
e)mautw=| , but Adler chooses to printe(autw=| . ↩ - 2This adjective,
e)pitattome/nwn , in some Suda mss (Adler reports several variants) is probably an error for thee)pitarattome/nwn ('disturbed') found in the scholia. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Feb 2022
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton