Δρίος

copse, thicket

Translated by Catharine Roth18 Feb 2005Vetting: high7 revisions

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[Meaning a] wooded place.¹
"No longer, o rustic partridge, will you echo in the shady wooded copse, sending forth your voice from your mouth."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δρίος· σύνδενδρος τόπος. οὐκέτ' ἀν' ὑλῆεν δριὸς εὔσκιον, ἀγρότα πέρδιξ, ἠχήσεις ἀνεὶς γῆρυν ἀπὸ στόματος.