Αἴτνη
Aitne, Aetna, Etna
Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A mountain of Sicily.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἴτνη· ὄρος Σικελίας.
Betacode
*ai)/tnh: o)/ros *sikeli/as.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
See already alphaiota 373 and alphaiota 374, and again alphaiota 376.
Linked from5 entries
- α1671ἈμύκλαιshoesA sort of ornament, which Empedocles had on his feet. For he had a golden wreath on his head and bronze amyklai on his feet and Delphic fillets in his hands; and thus he went from city to city, wanting to hold his own…
- αι218Αἰνήdire[Meaning] one who/which is terrible. But [sc. differently accented] *ai)/nh [is] the mountain in Sicily.
- αι373Αἰτναία πῶλοςEtnaean filly[Meaning] a large [one]. "[A woman] mounted on an Etnaean filly".
- αι374Αἰτναῖον πῦρEtnaean fire[Meaning] the Sicilian fire, [coming] our of the mountain called Etna. Also [sc. attested is the participle] 'Etna-izing'.
- αι376Αἰτναῖος κάνθαροςEtnaean dung-beetle[Meaning] the big [kind]. [So called] because the mountain too [is] big. They say that Aristaios was the only Giant to survive; the fire of heaven did not reach him, nor did Etna harm him.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Dec 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead