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Headword: *filoi/ktiston
Adler number: phi,454
Translated headword: compassionate
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Given to lamenting and mourning. Sophocles [writes]: "a woman is a very compassionate thing."[1]
Greek Original:
*filoi/ktiston: o)durtiko/n, qrhnhtiko/n. *sofoklh=s: ka/rta toi filoi/ktiston gunh/.
Note:
Sophocles, Ajax 580: web address 1. The Suda's glossing is loosely paralleled in the scholia thereto.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; definition; ethics; tragedy; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 8 November 2010@04:42:00.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 9 November 2010@21:23:07.
Catharine Roth (added link, raised status) on 10 November 2010@00:26:26.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 10 November 2010@03:09:34.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 28 February 2023@01:05:32.
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