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Headword: Εἰκάθειν
Adler number: epsiloniota,60
Translated headword: to yield
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
To give way, to submit. Sophocles [writes]: "But making no complaint at last to yield to those in power ..."
Greek Original:
Εἰκάθειν: ὑποχωρεῖν, ὑπείκειν. Σοφοκλῆς: ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ στένουσα μηδὲν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν εἰκάθειν.
Notes:
Sophocles, Electra 1013 with scholion; read σθένουσα μηδὲν "having no strength." See web address 1.
For the verb cf. epsiloniota 58, epsiloniota 59, epsiloniota 91.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 August 2005@21:51:51.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 25 August 2005@04:23:12.
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