Ἁπλᾶ

single

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Jul 2000Vetting: high10 revisions

5 notes · 41 words

Translation

*(apla= ["single"]1 and dipla= ["double"]2 and pollapla= ["multiple"]3 and all [adjectives] of this kind have a circumflex accent on the last syllable.
[sc. Similarly] a)rgura= ["silver"], xrusa= ["golden"],4 keramea= ["earthen"], from the [singular] kerameou=n, and foinikia= ["purple"], from the [singular] foinikiou=n.5

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁπλᾶ καὶ διπλᾶ καὶ πολλαπλᾶ, καὶ πάντα περισπῶσι τὰ τοιαῦτα. Ἀργυρᾶ, χρυσᾶ, κεραμεᾶ, ἀπὸ τοῦ κεραμεοῦν, καὶ φοινικιᾶ, ἀπὸ τοῦ φοινικιοῦν.

Betacode
*(apla= kai\ dipla= kai\ pollapla=, kai\ pa/nta perispw=si ta\ toiau=ta. *)argura=, xrusa=, keramea=, a)po\ tou= kerameou=n, kai\ foinikia=, a)po\ tou= foinikiou=n. 

Notes (5)

  1. Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
    These are neuter plurals of contracted adjectives. Even those which had the accent on the antepenult in the uncontracted form are perispomenon in the contracted forms: see Smyth §290 (web address 1).
  2. 1cf. alpha 3226. ↩
  3. 2cf. delta 1258. ↩
  4. 3cf. pi 1871. ↩
  5. 4cf. chi 553. ↩
  6. 5cf. phi 783. ↩

References


Herbert Weir Smyth, Greek Grammar (Cambridge 1963) 75-76

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Revision history10 revisions · last 14 Aug 2019
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. another note — David Whitehead
  3. another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. fixed link — Catharine Roth
  6. adjusted a Greek word; cosmeticules — David Whitehead
  7. added betacode — Catharine Roth
  8. added link — Catharine Roth
  9. added notes — David Whitehead
  10. added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  11. Translated — Catharine Roth

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