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Headword: Ἑδράνων
Adler number: epsilon,265
Translated headword: seats
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Thrones.[1] Sophocles [writes]: "but lord of the thrones, where you sit in a long pause."[2]
And in the Epigrams: "and the anchor, support of unsteady ships."[3] ['Support'] meaning foundation.
Greek Original:
Ἑδράνων: θρόνων. Σοφοκλῆς: ἀλλ' ἄναξ ἑδράνων, ὅπου μακραίωνι στηρίζῃ σχολῇ. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: νηῶν θ' ἕδρανον ἀσταθέων ἄγκυραν. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἕδρασμα.
Notes:
[1] Genitive plural of ἕδρανον , a poetic form of ἕδρα .
[2] Sophocles, Ajax 194-5 (web address 1): read ἄνα ἐξ "arise from" instead of ἄναξ "lord." Correctly at alpha 1795.
[3] Greek Anthology 6.28.6-7
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; science and technology; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 5 February 2007@01:21:40.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplemented translation; x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 5 February 2007@03:19:06.
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