[B-Greek] hERAQUMHSE

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Mar 11 14:18:42 EDT 2008


On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Litteral John wrote:

> I have found another word that I am stuck on, it is found in a  
> fragment
> of Oecumenius in Philemon.  Here is the context
>
> EI DE hUSTERA, hERAQUMHSE META TAUTA

My guess is you've misread a rough breathing for a smooth breathing --  
or perhaps the form you've cited should have been hRAiQUMHSE -- in  
which case it didn't have an augment. As an aorist this must have an  
augment; if the E- is an augment, the verb is almost surely hRAiQUMEW,  
"be of easy mind" or "be carefree" or the like. hRAi- is the root of  
the adjective hRAiDIOS, Homeric hRHIDIOS meaning "easy" or "ready."


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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