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Headword: Δέδοιμι
Adler number: delta,164
Translated headword: I would build
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
I would build a house. "I wish I could build a house!"
Greek Original:
Δέδοιμι: οἰκοδομοίην. οἰκίον εὖτε δέδοιμι.
Note:
This quotation is Callimachus, Hecala fr. 324. The correct reading δέμοιμι , the first person singular optative of the rare verb δέμω 'I build', has been incorrectly transmitted, both here and at ps-Zonaras, Lexicon delta487 line 25, in a form unknown in Greek .
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry
Translated by: Robert Dyer on 4 February 2002@05:32:17.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added keyword) on 4 February 2002@16:22:27.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 18 October 2003@07:57:21.
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