Δείρα
ridges (?)
Translated by Jennifer Benedict17 Dec 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δείρα. καὶ Δειράδες, οἱ τραχώδεις τόποι τῶν ὀρῶν. ὁ δὲ δείσας μὴ περὶ τῶν ὅλων τὴν χώραν ἐκλείπειν ἔγνω. καὶ αὖθις· τὸν πάρος Ὀρβηλοῖο μεμυκότα δειράσι ταῦρον.
Betacode
*dei/ra. kai\ *deira/des, oi( traxw/deis to/poi tw=n o)rw=n. o( de\ dei/sas mh\ peri\ tw=n o(/lwn th\n xw/ran e)klei/pein e)/gnw. kai\ au)=qis: to\n pa/ros *)orbhloi=o memuko/ta deira/si tau=ron.
Notes (3)
- The unglossed primary headword is also, apparently, in Hesychius (delta528), but with different accentuation there, and opaque glossing.↩
- 1Same or similar material in other lexica. ↩
- 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Linked with the one at the end of delta 367 by Gaisford; in any case regarded -- surely rightly -- as lacunose by Bernhardy.) ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.115.1 (generally attributed to Antipater of Sidon), on the horns and hide of a bull killed by Philip of Macedon; see also mu 580 and omicron 501. Also see Gow and Page (vol. I, 27); (vol. II, 71-73); and this epigram's further extracts at alpha 621, alpha 1542, beta 529, and epsilon 2968. Scholars generally (cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 72)) identify the hunter of the epigram to be Philip V of Macedon (238-179 BCE; cf. phi 355 and OCD4 s.v. Philip(3)). On the Orbelus mountain range in Macedonia, cf. omicron 501.
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Linked from4 entries
- α621Ἄεικεςunalike[Meaning] that which is dissimilar. But [sc. differently accented] a)eike/s ["indecorous"] [means] that which is unsuitable. In the Epigrams: "not indecorous." And elsewhere: "you fall so indecorously into delusions."
- α1542Ἀμαιμακέτουirresistible, stubborn[Meaning] inexhaustible. In the Epigrams: "he dedicated the horns not torn apart, the support of a stubborn head."
- β412Βούβοτον Ὀρβηλοῖο παρὰ σφυρόνnear a cattle-grazed foothill of OrbelosAlso [sc. attested is the nominative] bou/botos ["cattle-grazed"], [meaning] that which has a lot of pasturage.
- β529Βρέγμαforehead[Meaning] the upper part of the face. "Striking the forehead with a hunter's goat-hide whip." In the Epigrams.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 6 Jul 2021
- expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict