04-01-2023, 01:29 PM
Since I cannot read a whole sentence already, I try to read the two words qokain.chckhy which occur together 5 times on pages 75r, 76r and 77r.
If qokain is the infinitive δονειν of δονεω and chckhy is an adjective κενεος, how do we read them together, should we translate an infinitive as the infinitive or as the noun?
If δονεω means: to shake, to disturb, to terrify, to agitate, to wheel, to murmur and κενεος: empty, fruitless, void, devoid of wit, vain, pretentious, the whole thing would be "in order to disturb (those/those) who are devoid of wit" or "a vain agitation" or perhaps "a fruitless murmur"?
Do you know the correct way to translate infinitives from ancient Greek?
If qokain is the infinitive δονειν of δονεω and chckhy is an adjective κενεος, how do we read them together, should we translate an infinitive as the infinitive or as the noun?
If δονεω means: to shake, to disturb, to terrify, to agitate, to wheel, to murmur and κενεος: empty, fruitless, void, devoid of wit, vain, pretentious, the whole thing would be "in order to disturb (those/those) who are devoid of wit" or "a vain agitation" or perhaps "a fruitless murmur"?
Do you know the correct way to translate infinitives from ancient Greek?