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τί δὲ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πομφόλυγι συνεστώσῃ ἢ κακὸν διαλυθείσῃ;
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Re: Attribute/Predicate questions
What is happening with the word order here?
Longus 2:18 wrote:φίλημα ἐφίλησε μελιτῶδες ἁπαλοῖς τοῖς χείλεσι
τί δὲ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πομφόλυγι συνεστώσῃ ἢ κακὸν διαλυθείσῃ;
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Re: Attribute/Predicate questions
I don't know the gender of the subject, but assuming female:
She kissed a honeyed kiss with her lips that were soft.
Or
She kissed a kiss that was honeyed with her lips that were soft.
“One might get one’s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato." "In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much.”
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Although now that I look at the LSJ: "show outward signs of love, esp. kiss (not in Hom.), φ. τοῖσι στόμασι kiss on the mouth"
So I might be wrong about the instrumental dative, in which case: "on the lips that were soft."
So I might be wrong about the instrumental dative, in which case: "on the lips that were soft."
“One might get one’s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato." "In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much.”
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Re: Word order in Longus 2.18 ἁπαλοῖς τοῖς χείλεσι
Female.
In 2.14, he had been struck (repeatedly).
In 2.14, he had been struck (repeatedly).
and then in 2.18 Chloe washed off his bloodied nose at the spring, fed him and surprisingly kissed him.τὸν Δάφνιν ἔπαιον
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Re: Attribute/Predicate questions
Not so very surprisingly?
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"Most surprisingly", if the adverb of intensity is not omitted in summary.
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Re: Attribute/Predicate questions
τὸ δὲ μάλιστα ἀνακτησάμενον αὐτόν, φίλημα ἐφίλησε μελιτῶδες ἁπαλοῖς τοῖς χείλεσι.
I don't think that's what μάλιστα ἀνακτησάμενον αὐτόν means.
I don't think that's what μάλιστα ἀνακτησάμενον αὐτόν means.
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Re: Attribute/Predicate questions
That was an "autobiographical slip in reading", (if such a species of animal has been catalogued???)... Much to the consternation of those who love or befriend me, I freak out from "surprise" or unexpected touching, and especially kissing - I read it as ἀγανακτέω, picturing that she snuck a gentle kiss while tending to his wounds.
τί δὲ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πομφόλυγι συνεστώσῃ ἢ κακὸν διαλυθείσῃ;