Ἄκρον ἐπιλίγδην

grazing the surface

Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Mar 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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["Grazing" is] an adverb [indicative] of moderation. Meaning e)piyau/dhn, as if to touch only lightly.¹ And [note] that [this occurs in] the Iliad once and in the Odyssey once.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄκρον ἐπιλίγδην· μεσότητος ἐπίρρημα. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπιψαύδην, ὅσον ἐπιψαῦσαι μόνον. καὶ ὅτι ἐν Ἰλιάδι ἅπαξ καὶ ἐν Ὀδυσσείᾳ ἅπαξ.

Betacode

*)/akron e)pili/gdhn: meso/thtos e)pi/rrhma. a)nti\ tou= e)piyau/dhn, o(/son e)piyau=sai mo/non. kai\ o(/ti e)n *)ilia/di a(/pac kai\ e)n *)odussei/a| a(/pac.

Notes (2)

cf. epsilon 2446.
1Repeated at epsilon 2783. ↩
2Homer, Iliad 17.599; cf. Odyssey 22.278, the uncompound li/gdhn. The scholia there provide the material here. ↩

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α1007Ἀκρόλιονopening-sacrifice α1008Ἀκρολοφίαhigh-crest, mountain-ridge α1009Ἄκρον ἐπιλίγδηνgrazing the surface α1010Ἀκρόνηονship-top α1011Ἄκρον λάβε καὶ μέσον ἕξειςseize the extremity and you will have the mean

Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Jan 2014

21 Jan 2014another x-ref — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2012cosmetics — Catharine Roth
31 Jan 2012betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Jun 2002restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Jun 2001modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Jun 2000Altered wording; added note and keyword. — Catharine Roth
15 Mar 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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