Ἀλίμενον
harbourless
Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the [furrow] which does not have an end, or even a start.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλίμενον· τὴν τέλος οὐκ ἔχουσαν, οὐδὲ ὅρμον.
Betacode
*)ali/menon: th\n te/los ou)k e)/xousan, ou)de\ o(/rmon.
Notes
- Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword (accusative case, as the glossing shows) occurs in Aristophanes, Birds 1400 ("cutting a harbourless furrow of sky" -- see Dunbar 672 on the mixed metaphor there), and the gloss is that of a scholiast thereto.