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Headword: Ὤδινον
Adler number: omega,25
Translated headword: they were in travail
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
They were pregnant, they gave birth. "But he was notable for wealth and lineage. So the citizens were giving birth to a genuine envy against him."[1]
Greek Original:
Ὤδινον: ἐνεκυμόνησαν, ἀπέτεκον. ὁ δὲ ἦν πλούτῳ καὶ γένει διαφανής. οὐκοῦν οἱ πολῖται ὤδινον κατ' αὐτοῦ φθόνον γενναῖον.
Notes:
[1] Aelian fr. 345 Domingo-Forasté (349 Hercher).
The verb ὠδίνω seems here to refer to the envy as a true labor of the mind. This sense is applied to "agonies of thought", by Plato, Theaetetus 148E; cf. also Euripides, Hippolytus 258, Heraclidae 644; Sophocles, Ajax 794. See also Plato, Republic 407C for the meaning of "worry for something" and Hesychius, Lexicon omega55 (gloss πάσχει, λυπεῖται besides τίκτει, ἐγκυμονεῖ . The verb has a brief mention at omega 22.
Keywords: biography; definition; gender and sexuality; imagery; philosophy; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 September 2005@12:55:16.
Vetted by:
Antonella Ippolito (set status, added note) on 3 September 2005@16:09:28.
Antonella Ippolito (added reference, keywords) on 3 September 2005@16:12:16.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 4 September 2005@05:11:20.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 8 March 2006@11:04:43.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 9 March 2006@03:13:15.
Catharine Roth (updated reference in note 1) on 30 May 2011@01:24:52.
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