Τητᾶσθαι
to be in want
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Mar 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τητᾶσθαι· στερίσκεσθαι. Σοφοκλῆς· τοιαῦτ' ἀκούσας κἀξονειδισθεὶς κακὰ πλέω πρὸς οἴκους, τῶν ἐμῶν τητώμενος πρὸς τοῦ κακίστου κἀκ κακῶν Ὀδυσσέως. καὶ αὖθις· οὗ τητώμεναι, τολοιπὸν ἤδη τοῦ βίου διάξετε.
Betacode
*thta=sqai: steri/skesqai. *sofoklh=s: toiau=t' a)kou/sas ka)coneidisqei\s kaka\ ple/w pro\s oi)/kous, tw=n e)mw=n thtw/menos pro\s tou= kaki/stou ka)k kakw=n *)odusse/ws. kai\ au)=qis: ou(= thtw/menai, toloipo\n h)/dh tou= bi/ou dia/cete.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius tau268 Theodoridis. The headword is present infinitive of
thta/omai . It might be generic, or else, given the rest of the entry, quoted from Sophocles, Electra 265. ↩ - 2Sophocles, Philoctetes 382-4 (with the present participle of this verb; cf. the following quotation, and also tau 544). ↩
- 3Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1618-19. ↩
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Revision history1 revision · last 3 Mar 2014
- augmented n.1; more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth