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Headword:
*pla/qein
Adler number: pi,1682
Translated headword: to approach
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to draw near.
"These things must not be contested to approach the powerful." [Meaning] to come close. That is, it is not possible for you to contest with the powerful.[1]
Greek Original:*pla/qein: plhsia/zein. ta\ de\ toi=s dunatoi=s ou)k e)rista\ pla/qein. prospela/zein. toute/stin ou)x oi(=o/nte se e)ri/zein toi=s dunatoi=s.
Notes:
The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is present infinitive of
pla/qw, a poetic verb related to
pela/zw.
[1]
Sophocles,
Electra 219-220 (web address 1), with scholion.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 15 June 2012@23:29:06.
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