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Headword:
Διεσκήριπτεν
Adler number: delta,959
Translated headword: supported
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Propped up. "[The old woman] once came crawling[1] with her stick of oak wood, which supported her, hindered as she was".
Greek Original:Διεσκήριπτεν: ἐπεστήριζεν. ἦλθε πόθ' ἑρπύζουσα σὺν δρυὸς ξύλῳ, τό μιν διεσκήριπτε τὴν τετρωμένην.
Notes:
Greek Anthology 6.203.3-4 (by Lacon or Philip of Thessalonica): a lame old woman leaves her staff as a thankful gift to the Nymphs, after they heal her leg out of compassion. This epigram is quoted several times by the Suda: see lines 1-3 at
gamma 428, lines 2-3 at
pi 3256 and
pi 883, lines 5-7 at
omicroniota 88.
[1] Rather than
ποθ' ἑρπύζουσα "once [came] crawling", the text should probably read
ποθερπύζουσα "crawling forwards", as accepted in modern editions of the epigram. This is a Doric form of
προσερπύζουσα ; cf. the more common
ποθέρπω for
προσέρπω .
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Translated by: Antonella Ippolito on 3 May 2005@18:48:46.
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