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Headword:
*lh=stis
Adler number: lambda,476
Translated headword: oblivion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] forgetfulness.[1]
Sophocles [writes]: "[Theseus:] 'And you request what remains for life, but what lies between you either hold in oblivion or disregard." [Meaning] you either forget life or set no value [on it]. Oedipus [replies]: "[Yes] because in that is included those [other things]." That is, through the ending of life also the middle parts will be fortunate. For if you expect to be helped by me, when I die, you will care for my old age while I am alive.[2]
*lh=stis: h( lh/qh. *sofoklh=s: kai\ ta\ loi/sq' au)th=| tou= bi/ou, ta\ d' e)n me/sw| h)\ lh=stin e)/xeis h)\ di' ou)deno\s poih=|. h)\ tou= zh=n e)pile/lhsai, h)\ ou) fronti/zeis. *oi)di/pous. e)ntau=qa ga/r moi kei=na sugkomi/zetai. toute/sti dia\ tou= te/lous kai\ ta\ me/sa tou= bi/ou eu)tuxh/sei. prosdokw=n ga\r su\ w)felhqh/sesqai par' e)mou=, o(/tan a)poqa/nw, zw=nta me ghroboskh/seis.
Notes:
[1] The headword is a poetic noun related to
lanqa/nw (
lambda 107 etc.) and
lh/qh (
lambda 414).
[2]
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 583-4 (web address 1), with scholion.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 April 2009@17:09:55.
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