Θιγεῖν
to touch
Translated by Ryan Stone24 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θιγεῖν· γενικῇ. ψαῦσαι, ἐγγίσαι. πολλὰ σιδηρείης χερσὶ θιγόντα μάχης. εἶτ' ἀξιώσατ' ἀνδρὸς ἀθλίου θιγεῖν. πείθεσθε, μὴ δείσητε· τἀμὰ γὰρ κακὰ οὐδεὶς οἷός τε πλὴν ἐμοῦ φέρειν βροτῶν.
Betacode
*qigei=n: genikh=|. yau=sai, e)ggi/sai. polla\ sidhrei/hs xersi\ qigo/nta ma/xhs. ei)=t' a)ciw/sat' a)ndro\s a)qli/ou qigei=n. pei/qesqe, mh\ dei/shte: ta)ma\ ga\r kaka\ ou)dei\s oi(=o/s te plh\n e)mou= fe/rein brotw=n.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise or similarly (minus the grammatical point) in other lexica. The headword is aorist active infinitive of
qigga/nw (cf. theta 383). It must be quoted from somewhere (not necessarily the second quotation that follows here; Latte on Hesychius theta581 opts for Euripides, Alcestis 1117, and there are in truth numerous possibilities). ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 7.232.2 (Antipater or Anyte), the epitaph of Philip's son Amyntor, who died in battle in Lydia; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (40), vol. II (102); another excerpt from this epigram at iota 756; and, in n.2 thereto, notes on the problem of attribution. Lydia (lambda 783) is a region in western Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). ↩
- 3Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1413-1415 (web address 1). ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jan 2019
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added link n.3 — Ronald Allen
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone