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Ἀμπελεών · vineyard (α 1648) · Suda

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Near α1648

α1644Amorion, Amorium
α1645in some way or other
α1646going back again
α1647having hindered, having impeded
α1648vineyard
α1649vineyard
α1650grape-vine, vine
α1651bunch of grapes, cluster of grapes
α1652wearing

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Ἀμπελεών

vineyard

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Mar 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 8 words

Translation

[Meaning] vine-growing earth.
"And the small vineyard nearby."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμπελεών· ἡ ἀμπελόφυτος γῆ. λιτός θ' ὁ σχεδὸν ἀμπελεών.

Betacode

*)ampelew/n: h( a)mpelo/futos gh=. lito/s q' o( sxedo\n a)mpelew/n.

Notes (1)

See also alpha 1649.
1Greek Anthology 6.226.2 (Leonidas of Tarentum), on the land where one Kleiton lived for eighty years, again at lambda 620. See Gow and Page (vol. I, 135); (vol. II, 387); and further lines from this epigram at omicron 17, omicron 150, and rho 257.

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)

Linked from2 entries

α1649Ἀμπελώνvineyard[Meaning] vine-bearing earth.
α1651Ἀμπέλειος βότρυς Ἀμπέλιοςbunch of grapes, cluster of grapesBut Ampelios [is] a personal name; and in the feminine [there is a phrase] a)mpelo/essa gh= ["vine-rich land"]. [sc. Also attested are] a)mpelo/futos ["vine-producing"] and a)mpelourgei=on ["vineyard"].

Neighbouring entries

α1646Ἀμπαλίνωροςgoing back again α1647Ἀμπαύσαςhaving hindered, having impeded α1648Ἀμπελεώνvineyard α1649Ἀμπελώνvineyard α1650Ἄμπελοςgrape-vine, vine

Revision history7 revisions · last 13 Jan 2021

13 Jan 2021expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
8 Jun 2020tweaked note — Catharine Roth
19 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
16 Feb 2012Revised — David Whitehead
16 Feb 2012Revised — David Whitehead
20 Jun 2009coding, another keyword — Catharine Roth
22 Mar 2001added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμπελεών (Adler number alpha 1648), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 22 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1648

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗