Ἀφήτορος
Aphetor, Speaker, Shooter
Translated by William Hutton22 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Not a more general [epithet], but [that] of the Pythian god,1 as if [to say] "together-speaker", because of the way he enters into communication with those who pronounce the oracles.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀφήτορος· οὐ κοινότερον, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Πυθίου, οἷον ὁμοφήτορος, διὰ τὸ οἷον εἰς λόγους ἔρχεσθαι τοῖς χρησμῳδουμένοις.
Betacode
*)afh/toros: ou) koino/teron, a)lla\ tou= *puqi/ou, oi(=on o(mofh/toros, dia\ to\ oi(=on ei)s lo/gous e)/rxesqai toi=s xrhsmw|doume/nois.