Σωκῶ

I have power

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Mar 2014Vetting: high1 revision

2 notes · 49 words
[Meaning] I have strength, I am able; but some [sc. say it is used] instead of sw/|zw ["I save"].1 Sophocles [writes]: "no longer do I have power [to endure] alone the counterpoising burden of grief": as if [to say], [the burden] which weighs me down, and is brought down.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σωκῶ· ἰσχύω, δύναμαι· οἱ δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ σῴζω. Σοφοκλῆς· μόνη γὰρ οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος. οἷον καταβαροῦν με, καὶ καταφερόμενον.

Betacode
*swkw=: i)sxu/w, du/namai: oi( de\ a)nti\ tou= sw/|zw. *sofoklh=s: mo/nh ga\r ou)ke/ti swkw= lu/phs a)nti/rropon a)/xqos. oi(=on katabarou=n me, kai\ katafero/menon.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword is first person singular, present indicative, of the rare verb swke/w, attested in Aeschylus and Sophocles. ↩
  2. 2Sophocles, Electra 119-120, with scholion; cf. (e.g.) Hesychius (sigma3064) Apollonius the Sophist (Homeric Lexicon 148.22-22), and Photius sigma924 Theodoridis. ↩

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σ830ΣωκράτηςSocrates, Sokratesσ831Σῶκοςstout, strongσ832ΣωκῶI have powerσ833Σωλήνpipeσ834ΣωλῖνοςSolinos, Solin
Revision history1 revision · last 17 Mar 2014
  1. expanded n.2; another keyword; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  2. Translated — Catharine Roth

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