Ouk émein’ eltheîn trápezan numphíān | oudè pamphṓnōn iakhā̀n humenaíōn , [ hā́likes | hoîa parthénoi philéoisin hetaírāi | hesperíais hupokourízesth’ aoidaîs ].
NEG wait:AOR.3s come:INF.AOR table:ACC.SG of.bride:ACC.SG nor full.voiced:GEN.PL cry:ACC.SG of.marriage:GEN.PL of.the.same.age:NOM.PL REL:N.ACC.PL girl:NOM.PL love:PRS.3p companion:DAT.SG at.evening:DAT.PL murmur:INF.PST song:DAT.PL
She did not wait for the bride’s table to come, nor for the full-voiced marriage cry, such things that (or: as) girls her age love to murmur to their companion in their evening songs.” (P. 3.16–19)