Τί φῶ

what am I to utter?

Translated by David Whitehead17 Jan 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words
[Meaning] what am I to say?

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τί φῶ· τί εἴπω;

Betacode
*ti/ fw=: ti/ ei)/pw;

Notes

  1. Same entry in other lexica. The headword phrase is evidently quoted from somewhere; the possibilities, to judge from the relevant scholia, include Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 315 (web address 1) and Euripides, Phoenician Women 312.
    cf. generally phi 630.

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Neighbouring entries

τ698Τίφηbeetleτ699Τῖφοςmarsh, pond, swampτ700Τί φῶwhat am I to utter?τ701ΤῖφυςTiphysτ702Τλεγγίςtlengis
Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — David Whitehead
  3. tweak, link, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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