Κάφος

spirit

Translated by Catharine Roth10 Oct 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
[Meaning] breath, in a dialectal form.1
And Homer [writes]: "evilly breathing forth his spirit."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κάφος· τὸ πνεῦμα, κατὰ διάλεκτον. καὶ Ὅμηρος· κακῶς κεκαφηότα θυμόν.

Betacode
*ka/fos: to\ pneu=ma, kata\ dia/lekton. kai\ *(/omhros: kakw=s kekafho/ta qumo/n.

Notes (2)

  1. 1From scholia D on Homer, Iliad 5.698; similarly glossed in other lexica. ↩
  2. 2Homer, Iliad 5.698 (web address 1), with the accusative singular of the epic perfect participle kekafhw/s (cf. kappa 1236). ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Jul 2019
  1. corrected reference (my error) — Catharine Roth
  2. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  3. more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. supplied headword — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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