[B-Greek] Could someone help me with this very short sentence?
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 15 07:04:49 EDT 2006
On May 15, 2006, at 6:20 AM, Chris Shelton
<christophershelt at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> PONOUNTES AXQOMEN:
> PONHSANTES XAIROMEN
> Does anyone have a better translation for the above sentence?
> Thanking you in advance.
> Christopher Shelton
> Laboring distresses //us//: having //finished// laboring delights us.
> Does anyone have a better translation for this sentence?
Assuming that the participles are circumstantial with the sense "when
we ... " or "because we ... ", that will work (the only thing I'd add
would be a MEN ... DE to enhance the antithesis: PONOUNTES MEN
ACQOMEN, PONHSANTES DE CAIROMEN.
But an articular infinitive might more clearly express the causal
relationship than a circumstantial participle: TWi MEN PONEIN
ACQOMEN, TWi DE PONHSAI CAIROMEN.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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