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Headword: Αἰένυπνος
Adler number: alphaiota,95
Translated headword: ever-sleeping
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
death, the one who is always sleeping. But it must be read as a single [word]. Sophokles: "I will, in fact, call you the ever-sleeping one."[1] But 'ever-sleeping' [is] one who is always sleeping.[2]
Greek Original:
Αἰένυπνος: ὁ θάνατος, ὁ ἀεὶ κοιμώμενος. ὑφ' ἓν δὲ ἀναγνωστέον. Σοφοκλῆς: σέ τοι κικλήσκω τὴν αἰένυπνον. ἀείυπνος δὲ ὁ ἀεὶ κοιμώμενος.
Notes:
[1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1578, with comment from the scholia there.
[2] So already alpha 644.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; mythology; poetry; religion; tragedy
Translated by: William Hutton on 22 May 2003@15:28:24.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added x-ref; cosmetics) on 23 May 2003@03:48:13.
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