φοιτάω used of being a suitor Longus 3.25 cf. S.Tr.11

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φοιτάω used of being a suitor Longus 3.25 cf. S.Tr.11

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Quoted from LSJ wrote:abs., of a suitor, “φοιτῶν ἐναργὴς ταῦρος, ἄλλοτ᾽ αἰόλος δράκων . . ἄλλοτ᾽ ἀνδρείῳ κύτει βούπρῳρος” S.Tr.11.
S.Tr. 9-14 wrote:μνηστὴρ γὰρ ἦν μοι ποταμός, Ἀχελῷον λέγω,
ὅς μ᾽ ἐν τρισὶν μορφαῖσιν ἐξῄτει πατρός, 10
φοιτῶν ἐναργὴς ταῦρος, ἄλλοτ᾽ αἰόλος
δράκων ἑλικτός, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἀνδρείῳ κύτει
βούπρῳρος: ἐκ δὲ δασκίου γενειάδος
κρουνοὶ διερραίνοντο κρηναίου ποτοῦ.
Longus 3.25.1 wrote:πολλοὶ πολλαχόθεν ἐφοίτων παρὰ τὸν Δρύαντα πρὸς γάμον αἰτοῦντες αὐτήν.
● Does anyone know of other examples of where this word is used of suitors?
● If in Sophocles it is used absolutely, is it also used "absolutely" in Longus?
τί δὲ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πομφόλυγι συνεστώσῃ ἢ κακὸν διαλυθείσῃ;

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