Fragment 56

οὐδ᾿ ἴαν δοκίμωμι προσίδοισαν φάος ἀλίω

ἔσσεσθαι σοφίαν πάρθενον εἰς οὐδένα πω χρόνον

τεαύταν

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Book III

Meter: Greater Asclepiad (gl^2c)

× × – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ – (in distichs)

Texts: Campbell = Voigt

Campbell, David A. 1982. Greek Lyric, Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Voigt, Eva-Maria, ed. 1971. Sappho et Alcaeus. Amsterdam: Polak & Van Gennep.

Source: Chrysippus, Negatives 13 (S.V.F. ii 55 Arnim)

1	ἴαν (acc. fem. from εἵς, μία, ἕν) one, any
	δοκίμωμι to think fit to do. The -ωμι ending is the Aeolic 1st. sg. form of an ο-contract verb (δοκιμόω in Attic/Ionic, the equivalent of δοκιμάζω). At 52.1, the same word has the sense, "it seems to me," or "I expect." Introduces an indirect statement: I do not expect that there will be one maiden of such skill....
	προσίδοισαν (aor. act. partic. acc. sg. fem. from προσεῖδον) looking upon
	φάος (τό) light
	ἀλίος (ὁ) the sun (gen. sg.)
2	ἔσσεσθαι fut. inf. of εἶναι, to be
	σοφία (ἡ) skill (gen. pl.), probably poetic or musical skill
	παρθένος (ἡ) maiden
	εἰς οὐδένα πω χρόνον at no time at all
3	τέουτος, τεαύτα, τέουτο such (gen. pl. fem., modifies σοφίαν)

Source: https://digitalsappho.org/fragments/fr56/