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SAPPHO FRAGMENTS: ἔστι μοι κάλα παῖς
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ἔστι μοι κάλα πάις χρυσίοισιν ἀνθέμοισιν
εἰμι - to be; i.v.
ἠ/ὀ παῖς, παιδός - child; 3, c. τὸ ἄνθεμον, ἄνθεμου - flower; 2, n.
εἰμι - to be; i.v.
ἠ/ὀ παῖς, παιδός - child; 3, c. τὸ ἄνθεμον, ἄνθεμου - flower; 2, n.
κάλα, κάλον, κάλος - beautiful; M, adj. χρύσια, χρύσιον, χρύσιος - golden, Attic χρύσεος; M, adj.
εἰμι - to be; i.v.
ἠ/ὀ παῖς, παιδός - child; 3, c. τὸ ἄνθεμον, ἄνθεμου - flower; 2, n.
κάλα, κάλον, κάλος - beautiful; M, adj. χρύσια, χρύσιον, χρύσιος - golden, Attic χρύσεος; M, adj.
ἐγώ, μοῦ - I; 1, f.
I have a beautiful child, (similar to) golden flowers
ἐμφέρην ἔχοισα μόρφαν Κλέις ἀγαπάτα,
ἐμφέρω - to bear, bring in; i.v. ἔχω - to have, hold; i.v.
ἡ μορφά, μορπάς - form, shape; 1, f. ἠ Κλείς, Κλειδός - Kleis, bolt, key; 3, f.
ἐμφέρω - to bear, bring in; i.v. ἔχω - to have, hold; i.v.
ἡ μορφά, μορπάς - form, shape; 1, f. ἠ Κλείς, Κλειδός - Kleis, bolt, key; 3, f.
ἀγαπατά, ἀγαπατόν, ἀγαπατός - to be content with, an only example; M, adj.
ἐμφέρω - to bear, bring in; i.v. ἔχω - to have, hold; i.v.
ἡ μορφά, μορπάς - form, shape; 1, f. ἠ Κλείς, Κλειδός - Kleis, bolt, key; 3, f.
ἀγαπατά, ἀγαπατόν, ἀγαπατός - to be content with, an only example; M, adj.
having (a) shape similar to golden flowers, (an) only (daughter,) Kleis,
ἀντὶ τᾶς ἔγωὐδὲ Λυδίαν παῖσαν οὐδ' ἐράνναν . . .
ἠ Λυδία, Λυδίας - Lydia, an ancient kingdom corresponding to much of present day Turkey; 1, f.
ἀ, τὸ, ὀ - this one here; pron.
ἠ Λυδία, Λυδίας - Lydia, an ancient kingdom corresponding to much of present day Turkey; 1, f.
ἀ, τὸ, ὀ - this one here; pron.
πᾶσα, πᾶν, πᾶς - all, every; 3, M ἐραννά, ἐραννόν, ἐραννός - lovely, used mainly of places; M, adj.
ἠ Λυδία, Λυδίας - Lydia, an ancient kingdom corresponding to much of present day Turkey; 1, f.
ἀ, τὸ, ὀ - this one here; pron.
πᾶσα, πᾶν, πᾶς - all, every; 3, M ἐραννά, ἐραννόν, ἐραννός - lovely, used mainly of places; M, adj.
ἐγώ, μοῦ - I; 1, f.
ἀντί - instead of, against; prep. οὐδε - and not; adv. conj.
instead of her I (would have) neither all Lydia nor lovely (Smyrna)...
Due to the high probability that the adjective should modify a place name, the ancient, partly Aeolic speaking city of Smyrna has been inserted here. It was originally on the west coast of present-day Turkey, with a port and control of fertile lands for farming, as well as social and political connections to Sappho's home island, Lesbos.
