Τέτηκα

I have melted

Translated by Catharine Roth18 Dec 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 34 words
[Meaning] e)/thca ["I melted (sc. something)"] or e)ta/khn ["I was melted"].1
Polybius [writes]: "seeking the gold and silver which had melted and run together, very many of [the] Romans were killed by the fire."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τέτηκα· ἔτηξα· ἢ ἐτάκην. Πολύβιος· τὸ δὲ τετηκὸς καὶ συνερρυηκὸς ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον ἀναζητοῦντες ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς πλεῖστοι Ῥωμαίων διεφθάρησαν.

Betacode
*te/thka: e)/thca: h)\ e)ta/khn. *polu/bios: to\ de\ tethko\s kai\ sunerruhko\s a)rgu/rion kai\ xrusi/on a)nazhtou=ntes u(po\ tou= puro\s plei=stoi *(rwmai/wn diefqa/rhsan.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword is the perfect of th/kw, first person singular, taken to be quoted from Homer, Iliad 3.176 (Helen speaking). Same glossing -- conveying uncertainty as to whether the headword is transitive or intransitive -- in the Synagoge (tau117) and Photius' Lexicon (tau186 Theodoridis); and for the aorist passive gloss, the correct one in this context, cf. also Eustathius ad loc. ↩
  2. 2Polybius 11.24.11, on an episode in the Romans' capture of Astapa (Spain) in 206 BCE; cf. Livy 28.23.4. ↩

Neighbouring entries

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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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