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Headword: Ξανῶ
Adler number: xi,14
Translated headword: I shall grow weary
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
I shall tire.[1] Sophocles in Shepherds [uses the verb]: Hector says, when he wants to fight the Achaeans, "sweet to grow weary and to exercise one's hand."[2]
Greek Original:
Ξανῶ: κοπιάσω. Σοφοκλῆς Ποιμέσιν: Ἕκτωρ τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς βουλόμενος μάχεσθαι φησίν: ἡδὺ ξανῆσαι καὶ προγυμνάσαι χέρα.
Notes:
[1] Similarly glossed in other lexica (for the equivalence see already xi 2); evidently quoted from somewhere.
[2] Sophocles fr.458 Pearson, with the aorist active infinitive of the headword verb.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; mythology; tragedy
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 16 February 2000@13:18:32.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added headword, notes, keywords) on 23 May 2001@09:23:53.
David Whitehead (augmented n.1 and keywords; restorative and other cosmetics) on 29 May 2007@09:44:54.

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