Ἀφάρτεροι

swifter [horses]

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 7 Aug 2001 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] faster [ones].¹ From the [word] a)/far, a)/fartos.². "The horses are swifter"; the ones [that were so] earlier. Homer [sc. writes this].³

Ἀφάρτεροι· ταχύτεροι. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄφαρ ἄφαρτος. ἵπποι δέ τοι ἔασιν ἀφάρτεροι· οἳ τὸ πάρος περ. Ὅμηρος.

Betacode

*)afa/rteroi: taxu/teroi. a)po\ tou= a)/far a)/fartos. i(/ppoi de/ toi e)/asin a)fa/rteroi: oi(\ to\ pa/ros per. *(/omhros.

Similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.
1From the scholia to the line of Homer about to be quoted. ↩
2Presented here as nominative and genitive of an adjective meaning "swift"; in fact a)/far is mainly attested as a poetic adverb (see LSJ s.v.). ↩
3An approximation of Homer, Iliad 23.311 (web address 1 below).

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Greek original

Ἀφάρτεροι· ταχύτεροι. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄφαρ ἄφαρτος. ἵπποι δέ τοι ἔασιν ἀφάρτεροι· οἳ τὸ πάρος περ. Ὅμηρος.

Betacode

*)afa/rteroi: taxu/teroi. a)po\ tou= a)/far a)/fartos. i(/ppoi de/ toi e)/asin a)fa/rteroi: oi(\ to\ pa/ros per. *(/omhros.

Notes (3)

Similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.

1From the scholia to the line of Homer about to be quoted. ↩

2Presented here as nominative and genitive of an adjective meaning "swift"; in fact a)/far is mainly attested as a poetic adverb (see LSJ s.v.). ↩

3An approximation of Homer, Iliad 23.311 (web address 1 below).