Κνέφει
at dusk, at twilight
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Dec 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κνέφει· σκότει. ἀπὸ τῆς κνέφος εὐθείας. οὕτως Αἰλιανός. οὐ κατ' ἔπος γέ σου κνίσω τὸ ῥῆμ' ἕκαστον, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ ληκυθίου σου τοὺς προλόγους διαφθερῶ.
Betacode
*kne/fei: sko/tei. a)po\ th=s kne/fos eu)qei/as. ou(/tws *ai)liano/s. ou) kat' e)/pos ge/ sou kni/sw to\ r(h=m' e(/kaston, a)ll' a)po\ lhkuqi/ou sou tou\s prolo/gous diafqerw=.
Notes (3)
- 1See also kappa 1859, kappa 1860. ↩
- 2Aelian fr. 156 Domingo-Forasté (153 Hercher). ↩
- 3Aristophanes Frogs 1198-1200, from lambda 436. It has no connection with the present headword; Aemilius Portus (edition of 1630) referred it to kappa 1874, where the verb
kni/zw ["I scrape"] is discussed. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- κ1859Κνέφαςdusk, twilight[Meaning] dark, night. It is declined knephatos [in the genitive]. "Dismissing the officers, he mobilised his vanguard, just after dusk".
- κ1860Κνεφαῖοςdusky, in the dark, in the twilight[Meaning] dark. [Meaning] invisible, early in the morning, at dawn. Aristophanes: "bringing it to the agora in the early-morning darkness I would give it back." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] knefai=os h)=lqen…
- λ436Ληκύθιονflask, oil-flaskA vessel. "[He/she] had a flask hidden in [his/her] sash, in which the deadly drug was." And Aristophanes [writes]: "not according to your word will I scrape each phrase, but I will destroy the prologues from [ = with]…
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- Translated — Catharine Roth