Τὴν Ἀκεσαίου σελήνην

Akesaios' moon

Translated by David Whitehead7 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

17 words
A proverb. It is applied to those who are lingering and being slow. Akesaios was Neleus' helmsman.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τὴν Ἀκεσαίου σελήνην· παροιμία. λέγεται δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν διαμενόντων καὶ βραδυνόντων. ἦν δὲ Νείλεω κυβερνήτης ὁ Ἀκεσαῖος.

Betacode
*th\n *)akesai/ou selh/nhn: paroimi/a. le/getai de\ e)pi\ tw=n diameno/ntwn kai\ braduno/ntwn. h)=n de\ *nei/lew kubernh/ths o( *)akesai=os.

Notes

  1. Entry also in Photius (tau256 Theodoridis), taken to come from Pausanias the Atticist (tau26), and cf. Apostolius 16.44. The headword phrase is in the accusative case.
    For Neleus see nu 312.

Neighbouring entries

τ510Τημοῦχοςtimouchosτ511Τήναthat, that oneτ512Τὴν Ἀκεσαίου σελήνηνAkesaios' moonτ513Τηνάλλωςotherwise [than should be], aimlesslyτ514Τὴν αὐτὴν ταύτην ἀναχορεύσομεν ὄρχησινwe will begin this same choral dance
Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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