Ἁ πίτυς
the pine-tree
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[a( pi/tus is the equivalent of ] h( pi/tus .1 Theocritus [writes]: "sweet is the whispered music and that pine tree, goatherd."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁ πίτυς· ἡ πίτυς. Θεόκριτος· ἁδύ τι τὸ ψιθύρισμα καὶ ἁ πίτυς, αἰπόλε, τήνα.
Betacode
*(a pi/tus: h( pi/tus. *qeo/kritos: a(du/ ti to\ yiqu/risma kai\ a( pi/tus, ai)po/le, th/na.
Notes (2)
- Entry lacking, Adler reports, in some of the manuscripts.↩
- 1Theocritus (see next note) wrote in a Doric dialect: the feminine nominative singular of the definite article was
a( , which the Suda glosses with the Attic-Ionic formh( . ↩- 2Theocritus, Idylls 1.1 (web address 1); quoted also at alpha 536, tau 511, and psi 98.
- 1Theocritus (see next note) wrote in a Doric dialect: the feminine nominative singular of the definite article was
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Sep 2015
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- another note — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth