Κινυρή
wailing
Translated by Nick Nicholas23 Nov 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who/which is] pitiful, lamenting.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κινυρή· οἰκτρά, θρηνητική.
Betacode
*kinurh/: oi)ktra/, qrhnhtikh/.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa738 Theodoridis) and cf. the glossing (
o)durtikh/, qrhnhtikh/ "mourning, lamenting") in the D scholia to Homer, Iliad 17.5, where the form occurs as cited (feminine nominative singular). It is used there of a mother cow, in a simile (web address 1).
See also kappa 1653, kappa 1654.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Sep 2013
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- expanded note, added link and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas