urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.37 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.37
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REF: 19.37
ἔμπης μοι τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι,
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
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| ἔμπης | ἔμπης | ἔμπης[1] | 1 | 66998 | 19.37.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| μοι | μοι | μοι[1] | 2 | 66999 | 19.37.t2 | True | |
| τοῖχοι | τοῖχοι | τοῖχοι[1] | 3 | 67000 | 19.37.t3 | True | |
| μεγάρων | μεγάρων | μεγάρων[1] | 4 | 67001 | 19.37.t4 | True | |
| καλαί | καλαί | καλαί[1] | 5 | 67002 | 19.37.t5 | True | |
| τε | τε | τε[1] | 6 | 67003 | 19.37.t6 | True | |
| μεσόδμαι, | μεσόδμαι | μεσόδμαι[1] | 7 | 67004 | 19.37.t7 | True |
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in the same way, so, ἔ. μοι τοῖχοι . . φαίνοντʼ ὀφθαλμοῖς ὡς εἰ πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο Od. 19.37, cf. 18.354.
tie-beam, τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι Od. 19.37, cf. 20.354 (expld. by Aristarch. as = μεσόστυλα, by others as τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν δοκῶν διαστήματα, cf. Hsch.); κρεμάσαι χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς μεσόδμην Hp. Art. 70; expld. as τὸ μέγα ξύλον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου τοίχου πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον διῆκον Gal. ad Hp. l.c. (18(1).738), cf. IG ll. cc., SIG 248 N 8 ( Delph., iv B. C.), Q.S. 13.451.
space between columns, IG 5(2).123 (Tegea, pl.), Agatharch. 102 (pl.):—also μεσό-στῡλον, τό, Sch. Od. 19.37, Hsch. s.v. μεσόδμαι, Cod.Just. 1.4.26.8.
wall of a house or enclosure, abs., Od. 2.342, Ar. V. 130, etc.; ἅπαντʼ ἐρευνῶν τ. dub. in E. Hec. 1174; τ. δώματος Il. 16.212; μεγάροιο 18.374, cf. Od. 19.37; τ. καὶ θριγκοί (of the αὐλή) 17.267, cf. Hes. Op. 732; τὸν τῆς αὐλῆς τ. PEnteux. 12.3 (iii B. C.); wall of a temple, IG 1(2).372.51, al.; οἰκίας Pl. R. 574d; ἐν τοῖσι τ. ἔγραφʼ Ἀθηναῖοι καλοί Ar. Ach. 144, cf. Pl. Lg. 859a; εἰς τὸν τ. ἀντεγγραψάτω IG 1(2).94.24; νόμους ἀναγράφειν εἰς τοῖχον Decr. ap. And. 1.84; κοινοὶ τ. party- walls, OGI 483.101, al. ( Pergam., ii A. D.); τοίχῳ προσιστάμενοι γυμνάζονται Gal. 6.144: of the side of a tent or hut, Il. 9.219, 24.598, E. Ion 1158.
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ἔμπης 1 In any case: νῦν δʼ ἐ. γὰρ κῆρες ἐφεστᾶσιν (but as it is, since in any case . . .) Il. 12.326, τλήσομαι ἐ. (on that I am resolved) Il. 19.308. Cf. Il. 24.522 (in spite of our hearts). 2 For certain, for sure: οὔ τινα δείδιμεν ἐ. Il. 7.196: Od. 2.199. Cf. Od. 15.214, Od. 24.324. Introducing a statement of something remarkable, of a surety Od. 19.37. Derisively, really now Od. 18.354. Nay even: ἐ. δέ τοι ὅρκια δώσω (I will not hesitate to . . .) Od. 19.302. 3 Adversatively, nevertheless, notwithstanding, all the same, still: πρῆξαι δʼ ἐ. οὔ τι δυνήσεαι Il. 1.562. Cf. Il. 5.191, Il. 8.33 = 464, Il. 14.174 (though it was in the palace of Zeus that it was stirred), Il. 17.632: Od. 2.191, Od. 3.209, Od. 4.100, Od. 6.190, Od. 11.351, Od. 14.214, 481 (even without the χλαῖνα), Od. 16.147, Od. 18.12, Od. 20.311, Od. 23.83. Strengthened by καί Il. 2.297, Il. 19.422: Od. 5.205. 4 In ppl. construction with περ, though, even though: χατέουσί περ ἐ. (in need though they be) Il. 9.518, ἐπικρατέουσί περ ἐ. (though as it is they are the victors) Il. 14.98. Cf. Il. 14.1, Il. 15.399, Il. 17.229: Od. 15.361, Od. 18.165, Od. 19.356.
μεσόδμη -ης, ἡ [μέσος + δμ-, δέμω.] 1 In a ship, a sort of box in which the mast was set (prob.= ἱστοπέδη) : ἱστὸν κοίλης ἔντοσθε μεσόδμης στῆσαν Od. 2.424= Od. 15.289. 2 In a house, prob., a base or pedestal supporting a column Od. 19.37, Od. 20.354.
τοῖχος -ου, ὁ. 1 The wall of a house, room or courtyard : τοῖχον δώματος Il. 16.212. Cf. Il. 9.219, Il. 18.374, Il. 24.598 : θρόνοι περὶ τοῖχον ἐρηρέδατο Od. 7.95, ἐπήσκηταί οἱ αὐλὴ τοίχῳ καὶ θριγκοῖσιν Od. 17.267. Cf. Od. 2.342, Od. 7.86, Od. 19.37, Od. 20.302, 354, Od. 22.24, 126, 259 = 276, Od. 23.90. 2 In pl., the sides (of a ship) : νηὸς ὑπὲρ τοίχων Il. 15.382. Cf. Od. 12.420.