Ὑπήντων ταῖς γυναιξίν

they met the women

Translated by David Whitehead30 Sep 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

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"[They met the women] with embraces and paeans and everything else that people say and do when they have escaped great dangers into unexpected safety".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπήντων ταῖς γυναιξίν, ἀσπασμοὺς καὶ παιᾶνας καὶ πάνθ' ὅσα ἐκ μεγάλων κινδύνων εἰς ἀδόκητον σωτηρίαν καταστάντες ἄνθρωποι λέγουσι καὶ πράττουσιν.

Betacode

*(uph/ntwn tai=s gunaici/n, a)spasmou\s kai\ paia=nas kai\ pa/nq' o(/sa e)k mega/lwn kindu/nwn ei)s a)do/khton swthri/an katasta/ntes a)/nqrwpoi le/gousi kai\ pra/ttousin.

Notes

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.55.1 (on the Romans' reaction after resisting the Volsci under Coriolanus; cf. mu 210).
For paeans cf. generally pi 836, pi 837, pi 838.

Neighbouring entries

υ428Ὑπήνηupper-lip hair, mustache υ429Ὑπηνήτῃto a newly-mustached [youth], to a newly-bearded [youth]υ430Ὑπήντων ταῖς γυναιξίνthey met the women υ431Ὑπηρέσιονservice-implement υ432Ὑπηρέτηςattendant, servant

Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Nov 2013

25 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2010x-refs — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2010set status — Catharine Roth
30 Sep 2010Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes

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