Τίπτε
why, pray?
Translated by Catharine Roth12 Jan 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] why indeed?
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τίπτε· τί δή.
Betacode
*ti/pte: ti/ dh/.
Notes
- The headword, a single word in the Greek, is an epic/poetic shortened form of
ti/ pote ; for an instance see under epsilon 428.
cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.202; Hesychius tau937 glossesti/ dh/pote .
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth