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Headword: Ἔγκοτον
Adler number: epsilon,118
Translated headword: spiteful
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Hostile, innate. Also [the cognate adverb] spitefully, angrily.
"What envy, which is always spiteful towards good people, holds the sons of Theseus?"[1]
So long-lasting anger [is] spiteful.
Greek Original:
Ἔγκοτον: ἐχθρόν, ἐνδιάθετον. καὶ Ἐγκότως, ὀργίλως. τίς φθόνος αἰὲν Θησείδας ἀγαθῶν ἔγκοτος αἰὲν ἔχει; Ἔγκοτος οὖν ἡ ἐπίμονος ὀργή.
Note:
[1] Greek Anthology 7.40.3-4 (where the first αἰέν is αἰαῖ ); again at theta 366.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; mythology; poetry
Translated by: Nicholas Wilshere on 30 November 2002@05:20:13.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 30 November 2002@09:13:05.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 1 January 2006@10:10:32.
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