Κολόκυμα
roller
Translated by Nick Nicholas5 Jan 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a silent wave, not splashing against anything. "Pushing forth a roller and agitating and stirring [the sea]". Aristophanes [sc. says this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κολόκυμα· τὸ κωφὸν κῦμα καὶ μὴ ἐπικαχλάζον. ὠθῶν κολόκυμα καὶ ταράττων καὶ κυκῶν. Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*kolo/kuma: to\ kwfo\n ku=ma kai\ mh\ e)pikaxla/zon. w)qw=n kolo/kuma kai\ tara/ttwn kai\ kukw=n. *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Knights 692, referring metaphorically to Kleon (kappa 1731), with scholion. See also omicron 444.
Same entry in Pausanias the Atticist kappa37 and Photius kappa887 Theodoridis. Hesychius kappa3368 refers instead to a "blind" wave, and the scholiast ad loc. refers to a "maimed"kolobo/n wave, "which they call 'blind' because it does not splash". The scholiast adds: "or, rolling and threatening. A high and large wave, rolling after it has been brought to a head. And this is with regard to the wind." The scholia vetera to Homer, Iliad 13.472 suppose thatko/lon inkolosurto/n andkolo/kuma means "large".
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- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
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