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Headword:
Εἴτοι
Adler number: epsiloniota,339
Translated headword: if (mark you)
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [Kreon:] 'If you think that stubbornness is a valuable thing without good sense, you are not thinking straight.' [
Oedipus:] 'If you think that you will not pay a penalty for doing harm to a man who is your relative, you are not thinking well.'
Sophocles [writes this].
Εἴτοι νομίζεις κτῆμα τὴν αὐθαδίαν εἶναί τι τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς, οὐκ ὀρθῶς φρονεῖς. εἴτοι νομίζεις ἄνδρα συγγενῆ κακῶς δρῶν οὐχ ὑφέξειν τὴν δίκην, οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖς. Σοφοκλῆς.
Note:
Sophocles,
Oedipus Tyrannos 549-552 (web address 1). The particle
τοι (originally dative of the second singular personal pronoun) is used to reinforce a direct address.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 July 2005@22:59:12.
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