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Headword: *xeiri/an
Adler number: chi,243
Translated headword: in the hands of
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Sophocles [writes]: "do not leave me in the hands of any of your enemies." That is, [do not] abandon me, with my child, [to be] subject to the enemies.
Greek Original:
*xeiri/an: *sofoklh=s: mh/ me tw=n sw=n u(p' e)xqrw=n xeiri/an e)fh=|s tini. toute/stin u(poxeiri/an toi=s e)xqroi=s su\n tw=| paidi\ katalei/yeis.
Note:
Sophocles, Ajax 494-5 (web address 1), with scholion to 495. These lines are spoken by Tecmessa to Ajax, so xeiri/an is in the feminine accusative singular.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: children; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; tragedy; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 21 March 2008@13:35:07.
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Catharine Roth (added keyword, set status) on 21 March 2008@22:11:54.
Catharine Roth on 21 March 2008@22:12:17.
David Whitehead (cosmetics; raised status) on 23 March 2008@05:11:09.
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