μέλαθρον: Difference between revisions
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
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Revision as of 23:10, 8 February 2013
English (LSJ)
τό, Ep. gen. sg.
A μελαθρόφιν Od.8.279:—roof-tree, ridgepole, μελαθρόφιν ἐξεκέχυντο l.c., cf. 11.278, h.Ven.173, IG11(2).161A 105 (Delos, iii B. C.), 199A113 (ibid., pl.); ἐπὶ προὔχοντι μελάθρῳ Od. 19.544: generally, beam, LXX 3 Ki.7.9(20); τὰ μ. τῶν θυρίδων PRyl. 233.5 (ii A. D.). 2 roof, Il.2.414, Od.18.150. II house, κυπαρίσσινον μ. Pi.P.5.40; οὐράνιον μ., of heaven, E.Hec.1101 (lyr.): mostly in pl., Alc.Supp.19.2, etc.; μ. ἐν βασιλείοις in the king's halls, A.Ch.343 (anap.), etc.; ἐς δόμων μ. Id.Ag.957; of a cave used as a dwelling, S.Ph.147, E.Cyc.491 (both anap.). 2 lair of an animal, Opp.C.2.307. 3 cage, ib.4.107,423. (Acc. to EM576.16 from μελαίνω, cf. καπνοδόκη; it is doubtful whether κμέλεθρον is cogn.)
