Ἔλλερα ἔργα
evil works
Translated by David Whitehead1 May 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] deadly, difficult, bad [ones].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔλλερα ἔργα· φόνια, χαλεπά, κακά.
Betacode
*)/ellera e)/rga: fo/nia, xalepa/, kaka/.
Notes
- The headword phrase, neuter plural, stems from Callimachus, Hecale fr.283.1.
Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 6.183 explains the adjective as a dialect form:e)/llera kata\ dia/lekton ta\ kaka/ .
For comparable glosses (e)xqra/, pole/mia, a)/dika ) see Hesychius epsilon2152.