Χαῦνον
vast
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] tall; or broad and large; for vast [places] are spread out wide. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "[a name taken] from the lofty regions, something totally vast."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χαῦνον· ὑψηλόν· ἢ πλατὺ καὶ μέγα· τὰ γὰρ χαῦνα εἰς πλάτος ἁπλοῦται. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισιν· ἐκ τῶν μετεώρων χωρίων χαῦνόν τι πάνυ.
Betacode
*xau=non: u(yhlo/n: h)\ platu\ kai\ me/ga: ta\ ga\r xau=na ei)s pla/tos a(plou=tai. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin: e)k tw=n metew/rwn xwri/wn xau=no/n ti pa/nu.