Type 4577
(formerly typ/2678)
| Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίροντες ἰδεῖν πατρίδα, | |
| καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα, | |
| καὶ οἱ πλουτεύοντες εὑρεῖν τὸν πλοῦτον, | |
| καὶ οἱ ἀσθενούντες δὲ ἰδεῖν τὴν ῥῶσιν· | |
| οὕτω καὶ οἱ βιβλογράφοντες εὑρεῖν βιβλίου τέλος. |
| Text source | DBBE |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Tag(s) | Completion of the book |
| Translation(s) |
as strangers rejoice to see the fatherland and sailors (rejoice to see) the shore and the wealthy (rejoice to see) their wealth and the sickly (rejoice to see) their strength so do writers rejoice to see the end of the book
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| Comment | The last verse is metrically faulty. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 5 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[21127] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίροντ(ες) ἰδεῖν π(ατ)ρίδα
[1487]
MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana Q 14 sup. [1487] (f. 476v) (5 verses) |
| Related type(s) | [5255] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουνται ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (3 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4577 |
Last modified: 2020-11-26.
