Ὑπαγκάλιος παῖς

child in arms

Translated by David Whitehead19 Mar 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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"...the one ten years old and the other a child in arms".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπαγκάλιος παῖς· ὁ εἷς δέκα ἔτη γεγονὼς καὶ ὁ ἕτερος ὑπαγκάλιος.

Betacode

*(upagka/lios pai=s: o( ei(=s de/ka e)/th gegonw\s kai\ o( e(/teros u(pagka/lios.

Notes

A phrase plucked from mu 210: Dionysius of Halicarnassus on the two sons of Coriolanus.
The adjective is otherwise unattested in pre-Byzantine Greek, but cf. (in tragedy) the verb u(pagkali/zein and the neuter noun u(pagka/lisma.

Linked from1 entry

μ210ΜάρκιοςMarkios, Marcius[Marcius,] general of [the] Romans. This man was banished by the populace. "There was lamentation and tears from those who were escorting and pitying [sc. Marcius]. But Marcius was observed as neither having burst into…

Neighbouring entries

υ133Ὑπάγειleads on; subordinates υ134Ὑπάγειν εἰς δίκηνto bring forward into judgment υ135Ὑπαγκάλιος παῖςchild in arms υ136Ὑπαγόμενοςleading on υ137Ὑπαγόμενοςled on

Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Nov 2013

20 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2006augmented notes — David Whitehead
19 Mar 2006added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
19 Mar 2006Translated — David Whitehead