Εὔριπος
strait; Euripos, Euripus
Translated by David Whitehead22 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὔριπος· πέλαγος στενόν, ἢ τόπος ὑδατώδης μεταξὺ δύο γαιῶν. τουτέστι Βοιωτίας καὶ Ἀττικῆς. ἑπτάκις δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας τὸ ἐκεῖσε ὕδωρ τρέπεται.
Betacode
*eu)/ripos: pe/lagos steno/n, h)\ to/pos u(datw/dhs metacu\ du/o gaiw=n. toute/sti *boiwti/as kai\ *)attikh=s. e(pta/kis de\ th=s h(me/ras to\ e)kei=se u(/dwr tre/petai.
Notes (2)
- [1] Likewise in other lexica.↩
- 2A slip, as Boiotia and Attica share only a land-frontier; read "Boiotia and Euboia". This secondary gloss merely provides an example of a
eu)/ripos so well-known that it became, in effect, the Euripos. ↩- 3Often said but probably not to be taken literally. See D. Whitehead (ed.), Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford 2000) 421-3.
- 2A slip, as Boiotia and Attica share only a land-frontier; read "Boiotia and Euboia". This secondary gloss merely provides an example of a
Linked from2 entries
- α2536Ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου δαιμόνιονman (is) man's divinityA proverb in reference to those who are unexpectedly saved by a man and who are popular because of them. Also [sc. attested are the phrases] 'a man [like the] Euripos', 'fortune [like the] Euripos', 'thought [like the]…
- ε3387ΕὔβοιαEuboia, Euboea, EvviaThe island [of that name].
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Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Mar 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Modified headword and translation, cosmetics, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead