Ὑγιές

healthy, sound

Translated by Ioannis Doukas28 Dec 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 48 words

[Meaning something] useful, beneficial. "Not at all healthy for the city".¹
Philoctetes [says]: "you, whose thoughts are neither sound nor free; you stole upon me, you hunted me, and took this boy whom I had never seen to be your shield. My equal, but too good for you!"²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑγιές· λυσιτελές, ὠφέλιμον. τῆς πόλεως ἐπ' οὐδὲν ὑγιές. Φιλοκτήτης· ὦ μηδὲν ὑγιὲς μήδ' ἐλεύθερον φρονῶν· οἷά μ' ὑπῆλθες, ὥς μ' ἐθηράσω, λαβὼν πρόβλημα σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ' ἀγνῶτ' ἐμοί. ἀνάξιόν σου, κατάξιον δ' ἐμοῦ.

Betacode

*(ugie/s: lusitele/s, w)fe/limon. th=s po/lews e)p' ou)de\n u(gie/s. *filokth/ths: w)= mhde\n u(gie\s mh/d' e)leu/qeron fronw=n: oi(=a/ m' u(ph=lqes, w(/s m' e)qhra/sw, labw\n pro/blhma sautou= pai=da to/nd' a)gnw=t' e)moi/. a)na/cio/n sou, kata/cion d' e)mou=.

Notes (2)

Neuter singular of this adjective, presumably extracted from the first quotation given.
1Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler, on no discernible basis, suggests Aelian.) ↩
2Sophocles, Philoctetes 1006-1009 (web address 1). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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υ28Ὑγιέστεροςsounder, healthierAs in “sounder than Croton”; for many of the people of Croton [were] athletes. And sounder than a gourd.

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υ25Ὑγιασθείςcured υ26ὙγιαίνωI cure, I restore to health υ27Ὑγιέςhealthy, sound υ28Ὑγιέστεροςsounder, healthier υ29Ὑγιέστερος Κρότωνοςsounder than a tick

Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Nov 2013

14 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2011upgraded link, raised status — Catharine Roth
29 Dec 2008cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
29 Dec 2008augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
28 Dec 2008cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
28 Dec 2008Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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