Θαυμάζω
I marvel
Translated by Ryan Stone15 Feb 2008Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
When we combine [it] with a genitive, it signifies 'I disdain', but with an accusative 'I approve.'1
But [sc. this verb] also signifies they were gazing [in wonder]. "Standing, they were marveling".2
"I myself marvel, how after so many things had been said, you forgot those things, which were many and beautiful -- for I would not say of you 'you did not perceive [them]', unless I had frequently forgotten myself earlier [...]"3
But [sc. this verb] also signifies they were gazing [in wonder]. "Standing, they were marveling".2
"I myself marvel, how after so many things had been said, you forgot those things, which were many and beautiful -- for I would not say of you 'you did not perceive [them]', unless I had frequently forgotten myself earlier [...]"3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θαυμάζω· ὅτε πρὸς γενικὴν συντάσσομεν, τὸ καταγινώσκω σημαίνει, πρὸς δὲ αἰτιατικὴν τὸ ἐπαινῶ. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὸ ἐθεῶντο. ἱστάμενοι θαύμαζον. θαυμάζω δὲ ἔγωγε, πῶς τοσούτων εἰρημένων, ἐκείνων μὲν ὄντων πολλῶν καὶ καλῶν ἐπελάθου· τὸ γὰρ οὐκ ἐνόησας, οὔ ποτ' ἂν εἴποιμι περὶ σοῦ, πλὴν εἰ μὴ πρότερον ἐμαυτὸν πολλάκις ἀγνοήσαιμι.
Betacode
*qauma/zw: o(/te pro\s genikh\n sunta/ssomen, to\ kataginw/skw shmai/nei, pro\s de\ ai)tiatikh\n to\ e)painw=. shmai/nei de\ kai\ to\ e)qew=nto. i(sta/menoi qau/mazon. qauma/zw de\ e)/gwge, pw=s tosou/twn ei)rhme/nwn, e)kei/nwn me\n o)/ntwn pollw=n kai\ kalw=n e)pela/qou: to\ ga\r ou)k e)no/hsas, ou)/ pot' a)\n ei)/poimi peri\ sou=, plh\n ei) mh\ pro/teron e)mauto\n polla/kis a)gnoh/saimi.
Notes (3)
- See also theta 70.
- 1= Synagoge theta17; Photius, Lexicon theta41; Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. ↩
- 2Apparently (as Adler notes) Homer, Iliad 18.496 (web address 1), with comments derived from the scholia. In Homer, however, the phrase occurs with the feminine form of the participle that means 'standing' (
i(sta/menai ), rather than the masculine, as here (i(sta/menoi ). ↩ - 3Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history10 revisions · last 27 Apr 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- minor tweak to translation — William Hutton
- augmented n. 1 — William Hutton
- modified translation, tweaked notes, added keyword — William Hutton
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- added notes — Catharine Roth
- modified translation — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone