Ὑπεξέπεμψεν
sent out secretly
Translated by Ioannis Doukas9 Aug 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] led out secretly, sent away. Iamblichus [writes]: "because his sons were youthful and beautiful the father sent them out secretly into the [sc. company of the] shepherds, fearing a violent tyrant."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπεξέπεμψεν· ὑπεξήγαγεν, ἀπέπεμψεν. Ἰάμβλιχος· ὄντας ὡραίους καὶ καλοὺς τοὺς παῖδας ὁ πατὴρ ὑπεξέπεμψεν εἰς τοὺς ποιμένας, φοβούμενος τύραννον ὑβριστήν.
Betacode
*(upece/pemyen: u(pech/gagen, a)pe/pemyen. *)ia/mblixos: o)/ntas w(rai/ous kai\ kalou\s tou\s pai=das o( path\r u(pece/pemyen ei)s tou\s poime/nas, fobou/menos tu/rannon u(bristh/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given (though there are also e.g. two instances in Euripides' Hecuba), is aorist indicative active, third person singular, of the verb
u(pekpe/mpw . - 1Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 90 Habrich. ↩
References
Habrich, E. (ed.), Iamblichi Babyloniacorum reliquiae Leipzig 1960
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Nov 2022
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas