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Ἕλειος ὄρνις · marshy (ε 824) · Suda

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Near ε824

ε820towards the marshy glens
ε821marsh-walking
ε822to capture
ε823marsh-dwelling
ε824marshy
ε825falling short
ε826I leave out, I neglect, I omit
ε827he lost consciousness
ε828heat, marshes

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε824

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Ἕλειος ὄρνις

marshy

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Mar 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

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4 notes · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning] a wet and wooded place.¹ Also [sc. attested is the phrase] e(/leios o)/rnis ["marsh bird"].² Also [sc. attested is] e(/leios w)|dh/ ["marsh song"].³ It also signifies the name of a mountain.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἕλειος· ὁ κάθυγρος καὶ σύνδενδρος τόπος. καὶ Ἕλειος ὄρνις. καὶ Ἕλειος ᾠδή. σημαίνει καὶ ὄνομα ὄρους.

Betacode

*(/eleios: o( ka/qugros kai\ su/ndendros to/pos. kai\ *(/eleios o)/rnis. kai\ *(/eleios w)|dh/. shmai/nei kai\ o)/noma o)/rous.

Notes (4)

Adler's headword is an adjective derived from e(/los ("marsh"), for which see epsilon 900; the electronic SOL shows the secondary headword phrase.
1Similarly in other lexica and grammars. ↩
2Also, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (594). ↩
3Also, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (676). ↩
4Attested as such only here and the parallel (shorter) entry in ps.-Zonaras.

Linked from4 entries

ε820Ἑλείας πρὸς αὐλῶναςtowards the marshy glensThat is, the swampy gorges. Or swampy narrow places. From the [noun] e(/los ["marsh"] [comes the adjective] e(/leios, [feminine] e(lei/a.
ε821Ἑλειβάτηςmarsh-walking[no gloss]
ε823Ἑλειονόμοςmarsh-dwelling[no gloss]
ε891Ἑλώδηςmarshy[Meaning] a place that is moist/waterlogged.

Neighbouring entries

ε822Ἑλεῖνto capture ε823Ἑλειονόμοςmarsh-dwelling ε824Ἕλειος ὄρνιςmarshy ε825Ἐλλεῖπονfalling short ε826ἘλλείπωI leave out, I neglect, I omit

Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Dec 2015

17 Dec 2015expanded primary note — Catharine Roth
17 Dec 2015tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Aug 2012more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2006augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
9 Mar 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἕλειος ὄρνις (Adler number epsilon 824), trans. Catharine Roth, 9 Mar 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/824

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗