αι318 αι320

Αἰσιμία

apportionment

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝13 Mar 2003Vetting: high7 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] prophetic power.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰσιμία· ἡ μαντεία.

Betacode

*ai)simi/a: h( mantei/a.

Notes

The headword, a very rare feminine noun, is likewise or similarly glossed in other lexica (though in Hesychius the gloss is 'a kind of sacrifice'. These entries surely stem from the headword's appearance (in the dative plural) in Aeschylus, Eumenides 996: e)n ai)simi/aisi plou/tou (web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

αι317ΑἴσηποςAisepos, Aesepus αι318Αἴσιμαappropriatenesses, suitabilities αι319Αἰσιμίαapportionment αι320ΑἴσιμοςAisimos, Aesimus αι321Αἴσιονappropriateness

Revision history7 revisions · last 30 Nov 2015

30 Nov 2015Revised — David Whitehead
27 May 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
17 May 2012expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
20 Jan 2006Added keyword — Elizabeth Vandiver
14 Mar 2003added link — Catharine Roth
14 Mar 2003added note and keyword — David Whitehead
14 Mar 2003modified translation — Catharine Roth
13 Mar 2003Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝