The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 2
should have initial capitals in an edition far too careful to admit a supposition of inadvertence, when [Greek] at the beginning of Books vi. and xiii., and [Greek] at the beginning of Book xvii. have no initial capitals, I cannot determine.
sollte in einer Ausgabe, die viel zu sorgfältig ist, um eine Annahme von Nachlässigkeit zuzulassen, Anfangsbuchstaben haben, wenn [Griechisch] am Anfang der Bücher VI. und XIII. und [Griechisch] am Anfang von Buch XVII. keine Anfangsbuchstaben haben, kann ich nicht bestimmen.
S. BUTLER.
S. BUTLER.
_July_ 25, 1900.
_Juli_ 25, 1900.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
VORWORT ZUR ZWEITEN AUSGABE
The size of the original page has been reduced so as to make both books uniform with Butler's other works; and, fortunately, it has been possible, by using a smaller type, to get the same number of words into each page, so that the references remain good, and, with the exception of a few minor alterations and rearrangements now to be enumerated so far as they affect the Translation, the new editions are faithful reprints of the original editions, with misprints and obvious errors corrected—no attempt having been made to edit them or to bring them up to date.
Das Format der Originalseite wurde verkleinert, um beide Bücher einheitlich mit Butlers anderen Werken zu gestalten; und glücklicherweise war es möglich, durch die Verwendung einer kleineren Schrift dieselbe Anzahl von Wörtern auf jede Seite zu bringen, sodass die Verweise erhalten bleiben, und mit Ausnahme einiger geringfügiger Änderungen und Umstellungen, die nun aufgezählt werden sollen, soweit sie die Übersetzung betreffen, sind die neuen Ausgaben getreue Nachdrucke der Originalausgaben, mit korrigierten Druckfehlern und offensichtlichen Fehlern – ohne dass ein Versuch unternommen wurde, sie zu bearbeiten oder auf den neuesten Stand zu bringen.
(a) The Index has been revised.
(a) Der Index wurde überarbeitet.
Vocabulary
- sollte
- Should; ought to; conditional past of sollen.
- in
- In; into; within; preposition indicating location or time.
- einer
- A; an; one; indefinite article feminine dative or accusative.
- Ausgabe
- Edition; issue; version; expenditure; act of giving out.
- die
- The; definite article feminine singular or plural nominative.
- viel
- Much; a lot of; considerable amount or quantity.
- zu
- To; too; at; preposition or adverb indicating direction.
- sorgfältig
- Carefully; with care; meticulously; conscientiously.
- ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein.
- um
- Around; about; in order to; preposition or conjunction.
- eine
- A; an; one; indefinite article feminine nominative or accusative.
- Annahme
- Assumption; acceptance; supposition; taking on.
- von
- Of; from; by; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- Nachlässigkeit
- Negligence; carelessness; neglect; lack of attention.
- zuzulassen
- To permit; to allow; to tolerate; to concede.
- haben
- Have; to possess; to own; auxiliary verb.
- wenn
- If; when; whenever; conditional or temporal conjunction.
- Griechisch
- Greek; relating to Greece; language of ancient Greece.
- am
- At the; on the; contraction of an dem.
- Anfang
- Beginning; start; commencement; initial part.
- Bücher
- Books; plural of Buch; written or printed works.
- Buch
- Book; written or printed work; literary composition.
- keine
- No; not any; none; negative indefinite article or pronoun.
- kann
- Can; is able to; present tense of können.
- ich
- I; first person singular personal pronoun.
- nicht
- Not; negation; adverb expressing denial or refusal.
- bestimmen
- To determine; to decide; to ascertain; to specify.
- Format
- Format; size; shape; layout of printed or digital material.
- wurde
- Was; became; past tense of werden.
- verkleinert
- Reduced; made smaller; diminished; decreased in size.
- beide
- Both; two together; each of two items.
- einheitlich
- Uniform; consistent; harmonious; in uniform manner.
- mit
- With; together with; by means of; preposition.
- anderen
- Other; different; additional; plural of ander.
- Werken
- Works; creations; compositions; plural of Werk.
- gestalten
- To design; to shape; to create; to form.
- glücklicherweise
- Fortunately; luckily; happily; by good fortune.
- möglich
- Possible; feasible; capable of being done.
- durch
- Through; by means of; via; preposition.
- Verwendung
- Use; application; utilization; employment of something.
- kleineren
- Smaller; lesser; more diminutive; comparative of klein.
- Schrift
- Script; typeface; writing; font; handwriting.
- dieselbe
- The same; identical; same thing; that very.
- Anzahl
- Number; quantity; amount; count of items.
- Wörtern
- Words; plural of Wort; units of speech.
- auf
- On; upon; onto; at; preposition indicating position.
- jede
- Each; every; all; each individual one.
- Seite
- Page; side; surface; one face of paper.
- bringen
- To bring; to carry; to convey; to take.
- sodass
- So that; in such a way that; consequently.
- Verweise
- References; cross-references; citations; pointers to sources.
- erhalten
- To receive; to maintain; to preserve; to keep.
- bleiben
- To remain; to stay; to continue; to be left.
- Ausnahme
- Exception; exclusion; case not included in rule.
- einiger
- Some; several; a few; certain; some amount.
- Änderungen
- Changes; alterations; modifications; revisions.
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