ἀδικήω

Ancient Greek

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ἀδῐκήω • (adĭkḗō)

  1. Aeolic form of ἀδικέω (adikéō)
    • 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Fragments 1.20:
      [...]κὤττι μοι μάλιστα θέλω γένεσθαι
      μαινόλᾳ θύμῳ· τίνα δηὖτε πείθω
      ἄψ σ’ ἄγην ἐς ϝὰν φιλότατα; τίς σ’,
      ὦ Ψάπφ’, ἀδικήει;
      [...]kṓtti moi málista thélō génesthai
      mainólāi thúmōi? tína dēûte peíthō
      áps s’ ágēn es wàn philótata? tís s’,
      ô Psápph’, adikḗei;
      [...]and what exactly I desired for myself
      in the madness of my heart: ‘Who am I to persuade
      now to take you back to her friendship? Who
      is doing you wrong, Sappho?

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