Ἀχέτας
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Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Not a type of cicada, but an epithet of a cicada, just like a)kanqi/as .1 [sc. So called] from singing [hxei=n ] in thorn-bushes [a)ka/nqais ].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀχέτας· οὐκ εἶδος τέττιγος, ἀλλ' ἐπίθετον τέττιγος, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀκανθίας. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἠχεῖν ἐν ἀκάνθαις.
Betacode
*)axe/tas: ou)k ei)=dos te/ttigos, a)ll' e)pi/qeton te/ttigos, w(/sper o( a)kanqi/as. a)po\ tou= h)xei=n e)n a)ka/nqais.