e^ d' he^

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arkadi
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e^ d' he^

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Hi everybody:
I' interested in the literal meaning of the locution in the subj., as found, e.g. in Plato, _Symp._ 206 a3, 205 c4.
The meaning is not a problem (translations are available), but the exact power of the "he^" here (as accented) puzzles me. None of its meanings that I could find in the dictionaries seems to fit.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
Arkadi

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Hi,

ἦ δ’ ἥ

Literally, this means 'and said she':

- 3rd singular, imperfect, indicative, active of ἠμί. 'He, she, it was saying or said'.

- feminine, nominative, singular of the relative pronoun. Seems to function here like personal pronoun, 'she'.

At least that's how it seems to me for now.

Cordially,

Paul

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Thanks! Strangely, this did not occur to me....

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Paul wrote: - 3rd singular, imperfect, indicative, active of ἠμί. 'He, she, it was saying or said'.
Is this word frequent in Plato?
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;

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Post by arkadi »

Yes, it occurs in the same context, but in the first person. Yet. for some irrational reason I took "e^" here to mean "in truth, truly, verily, of a surety" (indeclform), and "d'" to stand for for "de^".
My apologies for this silly question.

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