Δῦναι
to sink
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to go down. Or to go away into the west.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δῦναι· κατελθεῖν. ἢ εἰς δύσιν ἀπελθεῖν.
Betacode
*du=nai: katelqei=n. h)\ ei)s du/sin a)pelqei=n.
Notes
- English translation conceals what is in effect an etymological gloss: 'the west' is where the sun and stars set.
Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia on Homer, Odyssey 13.30 and Iliad 3.322, in both of which verses the headword -- an aorist infinitive; cf. omega 268 -- occurs (see web addresses 1 & 2).