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Headword:
*au)lh/
Adler number: alpha,4437
Translated headword: court
Vetting Status: high
Translation: That which is now called the town hall; where they used to bring the condemned. And those who worked there were called 'court attendants'. And [sc. there is] a proverb: "you would say the three things that are by the court."[1]
And elsewhere: "for which reasons, fearing all that were in the court, and most of all Philip, he accordingly made his departure."[2]
Also [sc. attested is] 'court' [in the sense of] the dwelling of the king.
Greek Original:*au)lh/: to\ nu=n a)rxei=on lego/menon: o(/pou a)ph/gonto oi( kata/kritoi. kai\ tou\s e)kei=se u(phre/tas au)likou\s w)no/mazon. kai\ paroimi/a: *ei)/pois ta\ tri/a ta\ para\ th=| au)lh=|. kai\ au)=qis: e)c w(=n a(/pantas dediw\s tou\s peri\ th\n au)lh\n, ma/lista de\ to\n *fi/lippon, ou(/tw pepoih=sqai th\n a)poxw/rhsin. kai\ *au)lh/, h( tou= basile/ws oi)ki/a.
Notes:
[1] See
epsiloniota 175 and
tau 154: three wishes (besides their fill of food and drink) allowed to men on their way to execution.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggested
Polybius.)
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 March 2002@13:55:18.
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