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Headword:
*palaigene/s
Adler number: pi,54
Translated headword: born long ago, full of years
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] most venerable.[1]
Aristophanes [writes]: "hail, o veteran born long ago."[2] He did not address [him] as someone revered because of the [passage of] time; for they used to call simpletons 'oldies' and 'ancients'. Meaning [hail, o] fool. And
Euripides [writes]: "you have said [something] ancient."[3] Meaning simple-minded. "For I do not wish to do the body a service".[4]
[Note] that the ancient [manuscript] was found in a jar. And see in the [entry on]
Origen.[5]
*palaigene/s: presbu/taton. *)aristofa/nhs: xai=r', w)= presbu=ta palaigene/s. ou)x w(s semno/n tina proshgo/reuse dia\ to\n xro/non: tou\s ga\r eu)h/qeis a)rxai/ous kai\ palaiou\s e)/legon. a)nti\ tou= a)no/hte. kai\ *eu)ripi/dhs: a)rxai=on ei)/rhkas. a)nti\ tou= eu)/hqes. eu)ergeth=sai ga\r to\ sw=m' ou) bou/lomai. o(/ti h( palaia\ e)n pi/qw| eu(re/qh. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *)wrige/nhs.
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Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; tragedy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 August 2010@06:24:11.
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