Τετραδισταί

fourth-day men

Translated by David Whitehead5 Nov 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

19 words

Those living a laborious life, [named] after Heracles, who endured many labours after being born on the fourth day.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τετραδισταί· οἱ ἐπίπονον βίον διάγοντες. ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, ὃς τετράδι γεννηθεὶς πολλοὺς πόνους ἔτλη.

Betacode

*tetradistai/: oi( e)pi/ponon bi/on dia/gontes. a)po\ tou= *(hrakle/ous, o(\s tetra/di gennhqei\s pollou\s po/nous e)/tlh.

Notes

So already tau 388, and sense 2 in LSJ s.v. But note also sense 1 (attested by Alexis fr. 258 Kock = 260 Kassel-Austin, and logged by Hesychius s.v.), "young men who met to make merry on the fourth of the month".

Linked from1 entry

τ388Τετράδι γέγοναςyou were born on the fourth[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those labouring for someone else. For [it is said that] Heracles, born on the fourth, endured hardship for Eurystheus. But Philochorus says that the [proverb] can also be used…

Neighbouring entries

τ387Τετραδεῖονquadruple τ388Τετράδι γέγοναςyou were born on the fourth τ389Τετραδισταίfourth-day men τ390Τετραέλικτοςfour-coiled τ391Τετραετηρίςquadrennial festival

Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Jan 2015

2 Jan 2015Revised — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
7 Nov 2006augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
6 Nov 2006set status — Catharine Roth
5 Nov 2006Translated — David Whitehead