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Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρ · most swirling water, very swirling water (ε 854) · Suda

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Near ε854

ε850Helikon, Helicon
ε851Heliconius, Helikonios
ε852Helikonios, Heliconius
ε853quick-glancing, rolling-eyed
ε854most swirling water, very swirling water
ε855quick-glancing, rolling-eyed
ε856spiral
ε857I exact harbor tax
ε858I dirge

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Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρ

most swirling water, very swirling water

Translated by William Hutton9 Feb 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 11 words

Translation

[Meaning] that which has a current that is swirl-like; or translucent.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρ· τὸ ἑλικοειδῆ ἔχον τὴν ῥεῦσιν· ἢ διαυγές.

Betacode

*(elikw/taton u(/dwr: to\ e(likoeidh= e)/xon th\n r(eu=sin: h)\ diauge/s.

Notes (1)

Likewise in ps.-Zonaras.
The headword phrase is ascribed to Callimachus, Hecale fr.299.1 Pfeiffer (116.1 Hollis; 101a Kapp, 290 Schneider), and occurs in the context of a longer fragment where it is used to describe the river Aisepos (alphaiota 317). The gloss is probably from Saloustios' [sigma 60] commentary on the Hekale.
1Other ancient commentary on this passage, and on others containing forms of the adjective e(liko/s, suggests the opposite: that e(lik- means 'dark' or 'black'; cf. scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.98 (web address 1), and Eustathius's commentary on the same passage. As Pfeiffer notes, Salustii igitur ad Hecalam explanatio valde differt ab Homeri interpretibus. In favor of the latter is Iliad 2.85 (web address 2), where the poet refers to the "black water of the Aisepos", of which Callimachus' phrase is probably a sophisticated paraphrase. See Hollis 302-3.

References

A.S. Hollis. 1990. Callimachus, Hekale. Oxford.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε848Ἕλικαςspirals, twists, helices[Meaning] bracelets that go around the wrists, or earrings.
ε863Ἑλίξαςtwisting[Meaning he] convoluting.

Neighbouring entries

ε852ἙλικώνιοςHelikonios, Heliconius ε853Ἑλικῶπιςquick-glancing, rolling-eyed ε854Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρmost swirling water, very swirling water ε855Ἑλίκωψquick-glancing, rolling-eyed ε856Ἑλλικτῆρεςspiral

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jan 2017

12 Jan 2017tweaked reference — Catharine Roth
20 Dec 2015another note and x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Feb 2007augmented headword and keywords; x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Feb 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἑλικώτατον ὕδωρ (Adler number epsilon 854), trans. William Hutton, 9 Feb 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/854

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗