Τούς

the

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Nov 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 29 words
Instead of tou/tous ["these" in the accusative plural]. Homer [writes]: "not the horses and [chariots]".1 And toi=sin ["to the" in the dative plural] similarly, instead of tou/tois ["to these"].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τούς· ἀντὶ τοῦ τούτους. Ὅμηρος· μὴ μὲν τοὺς ἵππους τε. καὶ Τοῖσιν ὁμοίως, ἀντὶ τοῦ τούτοις.

Betacode
*tou/s: a)nti\ tou= tou/tous. *(/omhros: mh\ me\n tou\s i(/ppous te. kai\ *toi=sin o(moi/ws, a)nti\ tou= tou/tois.

Notes (1)

  1. Forms of o(, h(, to/, used as demonstratives in epic, became the definite article in classical Greek.
  2. 1An approximation -- with mh/ for what should be h)= -- of Homer, Iliad 10.322 (web address 1). ↩

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τ829Τοὖποςthe sayingτ830ΤουρουλλόςTouroullosτ831Τούςtheτ832Τοῦ σελίνου δεῖταιis in need of the celeryτ833Τοὺς ἑταίρους τραγῳδοὺς ἀγωνιεῖταιhe will compete with the other tragedians
Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Aug 2011
  1. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked translation; augmented n.1 — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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