Ταρβεῖ

is alarmed [at]

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Nov 2013Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 52 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] is afraid [of].1
And in Sophocles tarbei=n [is used] meaning to honor. "Old man, there is great necessity to revere the thoughts [which come] from you."2 "Indeed it is possible for those who observe well to be alarmed at one who is well off, lest he stumble at some time."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ταρβεῖ· φοβεῖται. καὶ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ ταρβεῖν, ἀντὶ τοῦ τιμᾶν. ταρβεῖν μέν, ὦ γεραιέ, τἀνθυμήματα πολλή 'στ' ἀνάγκη τἀπὸ σοῦ. καὶ μὴν ἔνεστι τοῖς εὖ σκοπουμένοις ταρβεῖν τὸν εὖ πράσσοντα, μὴ σφαλῇ ποτέ.

Betacode
*tarbei=: fobei=tai. kai\ para\ *sofoklei= tarbei=n, a)nti\ tou= tima=n. tarbei=n me/n, w)= geraie/, ta)nqumh/mata pollh/ 'st' a)na/gkh ta)po\ sou=. kai\ mh\n e)/nesti toi=s eu)= skopoume/nois tarbei=n to\n eu)= pra/ssonta, mh\ sfalh=| pote/. 

Notes (3)

  1. cf. tau 118.
  2. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 13.285, where the headword -- third person singular, present indicative active, of tarbe/w -- occurs. ↩
  3. 2Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 292-3 (web address 1). ↩
  4. 3An approximation -- illustrating the primary sense of the headword again -- of Sophocles, Trachiniae [Women of Trachis] 296-7 (web address 2): it should begin o(/mws d', not this kai\ mh/n, and the unmetrical dative plural toi=s needs to be toi=sin. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. expanded n.3; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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