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Χελιδόνιον μέλος · swallow's song (χ 186) · 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 χ186

χ182shit-wishing
χ183we shit
χ184spread
χ185chelidon; Chelidon
χ186swallow's song
χ187swallows' museums
χ188swallows' drug, swallows' potion
χ189tortoises
χ190tortoise

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Χελιδόνιον μέλος

swallow's song

Translated by Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas23 Sep 2006Vetting: high7 revisions

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3 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning that] of the swallow.¹
Her voice is not a lamentation, but a commendatory and hortatory song directed toward actions. For this reason during winter [the swallow] neither flies² nor cries.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χελιδόνιον μέλος· τῆς χελιδόνος. ἔστι δὲ αὐτῆς ἡ φωνὴ οὐ θρῆνος, ἀλλ' ᾆσμα ἐνδοτικὸν καὶ κελευστικὸν πρὸς ἔργα. διὰ τοῦτο χειμῶνος οὔτε ἵπταται οὔτε φθέγγεται.

Betacode

*xelido/nion me/los: th=s xelido/nos. e)/sti de\ au)th=s h( fwnh\ ou) qrh=nos, a)ll' a)=|sma e)ndotiko\n kai\ keleustiko\n pro\s e)/rga. dia\ tou=to xeimw=nos ou)/te i(/ptatai ou)/te fqe/ggetai.

Notes (3)

cf. chi 187, chi 188.
1The adjective xelido/nios, in the headword phrase, is used in place of the genitive of xelidw/n. ↩
2This verbal form is first found in late writers (Moschus 3.43, Babrius 65.4.: see iota 589). ↩
3Artemidorus 2.66.

Neighbouring entries

χ184Χεθέντοςspread χ185Χελιδόναςchelidon; Chelidon χ186Χελιδόνιον μέλοςswallow's song χ187Χελιδόνων μουσεῖαswallows' museums χ188Χελιδόνων φάρμακονswallows' drug, swallows' potion

Revision history7 revisions · last 20 Dec 2013

20 Dec 2013deleted link — Catharine Roth
10 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
14 Apr 2011cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Sep 2006tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
24 Sep 2006cosmetics, note, keyword — Catharine Roth
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23 Sep 2006Translated — Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χελιδόνιον μέλος (Adler number chi 186), trans. Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas, 23 Sep 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/186

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