Ἀνθήλιος
sun-opposite
Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Jul 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the moon; and the shadow of the reflection of the sun; but sometimes also the imitation or exchange, as Theopompus [says].1 It also means clouds that throw a shadow over the sun, which are also called a)nqh/lia .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνθήλιος· ἡ σελήνη· καὶ τὸ ἀποσκίασμα τῆς τοῦ ἡλίου ἀνταυγείας· ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ τὸ μίμημα ἢ ἀντάλλαγμα, ὡς Θεόπομπος. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπισκοτοῦντα τῷ ἡλίῳ νέφη, ἃ καὶ Ἀνθήλια καλεῖται.
Betacode
*)anqh/lios: h( selh/nh: kai\ to\ a)poski/asma th=s tou= h(li/ou a)ntaugei/as: e)ni/ote de\ kai\ to\ mi/mhma h)\ a)nta/llagma, w(s *qeo/pompos. shmai/nei de\ kai\ ta\ e)piskotou=nta tw=| h(li/w| ne/fh, a(\ kai\ *)anqh/lia kalei=tai.