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Αἰγίβοτος γῆ · goat-pasturing land (αι 42) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near αι42

αι38Aigialeus
αι39Aigialeia
αι40Aigiale
αι41you are talking to a beach
αι42goat-pasturing land
αι43Aigiges
αι44to rend asunder
αι45Aigians (are) neither three nor four
αι46tit, titmouse

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι42

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Αἰγίβοτος γῆ

goat-pasturing land

Translated by William Hutton27 Oct 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

agriculture
daily life
definition
epic
food
geography
+1
- zoology

6 words

Translation

[Meaning land] suitable to pasture goats.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰγίβοτος γῆ· ἐπιτηδεία αἶγας βόσκειν.

Betacode

*ai)gi/botos gh=: e)pithdei/a ai)=gas bo/skein.

Notes

Same entry in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 4.606, where this adjective occurs (in reference to the island of Ithaca).

Neighbouring entries

αι40ΑἰγιάληAigiale αι41Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖςyou are talking to a beach αι42Αἰγίβοτος γῆgoat-pasturing land αι43ΑἴγιγεςAigiges αι44Αἰγίζεινto rend asunder

Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Nov 2015

22 Nov 2015more keywords — David Whitehead
10 May 2012expanded note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Jul 2003cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Oct 2002added note — Catharine Roth
27 Oct 2002Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἰγίβοτος γῆ (Adler number alphaiota 42), trans. William Hutton, 27 Oct 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/42

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗