Βρέτας

likeness

Translated by William Hutton19 Oct 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 42 words
[Meaning an] image, statue.1
[sc. Called this] from the fact that it looks like a mortal.2 "To fall somewhere toward a likeness". [That is] toward a sanctuary or toward a shrine, or to become a suppliant at a statue of the gods.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βρέτας· εἴδωλον, ἄγαλμα. παρὰ τὸ βροτῷ ἐοικέναι. προσπεσεῖν ποι πρὸς βρέτας. πρὸς τέμενος, ἢ πρὸς ἕδος, ἢ πρὸς ἄγαλμα θεῶν ἱκέτας γενέσθαι.

Betacode
*bre/tas: ei)/dwlon, a)/galma. para\ to\ brotw=| e)oike/nai. prospesei=n poi pro\s bre/tas. pro\s te/menos, h)\ pro\s e(/dos, h)\ pro\s a)/galma qew=n i(ke/tas gene/sqai.

Notes (3)

  1. 1Likewise in other lexica. ↩
  2. 2This etymology (false), again at delta 1187, depends on the similarity between the headword bre/tas and the word for 'mortal', broto/s. ↩
  3. 3Aristophanes, Knights 31 (where tou, not poi, is the preferred reading), with comment from the scholia there. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrageβ533ΒρεντήσιονBrentesion, Brundisium, Brindisiβ534Βρέταςlikenessβ535Βρέχεινto soak, to wetβ536ΒρῆννονBrennos, Brennus
Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Sep 2015
  1. another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — William Hutton

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