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Headword: Ἀβληχρήν
Adler number: alpha,58
Translated headword: feeble
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Weak. For what is strong [is] βληχρόν .[1]
Aelian [writes]: "so he brought his life to an end gently and with a calm and feeble death, such as even Homer seems to me to praise."[2]
Greek Original:
Ἀβληχρήν: ἀσθενῆ. βληχρὸν γὰρ τὸ ἰσχυρόν. Αἰλιανός: κατέστρεψεν οὖν τὸν βίον πράως τε καὶ σὺν γαλήνῃ καὶ ἀβληχρῷ θανάτῳ, ὅνπερ οὖν ἐπαινεῖν καὶ Ὅμηρος δοκεῖ μοι.
Notes:
The headword adjective is feminine accusative singular. It is extracted from Homer, Iliad 5.337, where it refers to Aphrodite's hand; cf. the scholia there.
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. This seems to be an error, however: βληχρός is well attested as meaning "weak" by itself: see web address 1 for the LSJ entry. The lexica mistake the copulative alpha in the headword for an alpha privative.
[2] Aelian fr. 182d Domingo-Forasté (179 Hercher): cf. Homer, Odyssey 11.135 (web address 2 below).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; poetry
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 26 August 1998@19:09:47.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (Added headword, modified translation and notes, added keywords, set status) on 30 January 2001@08:53:17.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 4 September 2001@23:32:57.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 9 June 2003@08:00:49.
David Whitehead (typo) on 17 July 2003@03:43:18.
Jennifer Benedict (betacoding, cosmetics) on 24 March 2008@17:16:29.
David Whitehead (added primary note and more keywords; tweaks) on 19 December 2011@08:20:09.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link and reference) on 28 January 2012@18:52:16.
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