Ξυνουσίᾳ

by association

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝21 Feb 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

1 note · 24 words

[Meaning] in deed, by experience. "These [places], stranger, are honoured not with words but more by our association [sc. with them]." Sophocles [says this].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξυνουσίᾳ· τῷ ἔργῳ, τῇ πείρᾳ. ταῦτ' ἐστίν, ὦ ξέν', οὐ λόγοις τιμώμενα, ἀλλὰ τῇ ξυνουσίᾳ πλέω. Σοφοκλῆς.

Betacode

*cunousi/a|: tw=| e)/rgw|, th=| pei/ra|. tau=t' e)sti/n, w)= ce/n', ou) lo/gois timw/mena, a)lla\ th=| cunousi/a| ple/w. *sofoklh=s.

Notes (1)

cf. sigma 1601.
1Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 62-63 (text at web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ξ146Ξυνόνshared ξ147Ξυνοπαδόςcompanion ξ148Ξυνουσίᾳby association ξ149Ξυνωμοσίαconspiracy, sworn conspiracy ξ150Ξυνωμότηςco-conspirator, fellow-conspirator

Revision history7 revisions · last 21 Jul 2013

21 Jul 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
19 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
5 Oct 2007cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2003expanded note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Jan 2002added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
9 Jan 2002rearranged, added link — Catharine Roth
25 Jun 2000add tragedy to keywords — Anne Mahoney
21 Feb 2000Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (1)

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