Καλλιερεῖσθαι

to obtain good omens

Translated by David Whitehead7 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 22 words
In reference to sacrificing cut-up victims. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].1
Also [sc. attested is the related word] kallie/rhma, a well-received sacrifice.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καλλιερεῖσθαι· ἐπὶ τοῦ θύειν ἔντομα. Ἡρόδοτος. καὶ Καλλιέρημα, θυσία εὐπρόσδεκτος.

Betacode
*kallierei=sqai: e)pi\ tou= qu/ein e)/ntoma. *(hro/dotos. kai\ *kallie/rhma, qusi/a eu)pro/sdektos.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Herodotus 7.167.1 (web address 1) with gloss. LSJ s.v. notes this and related meanings of the verb. For 'cut-up victims' cf. under epsilon 1475, where it has a more restricted sense. ↩
  2. 2(cf. generally kappa 219.) Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩

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κ216ΚαλλιγόλαςCaligulaκ217Καλλιγύναικαbeautiful-womenedκ218Καλλιερεῖσθαιto obtain good omensκ219ΚαλλιερῶI obtain good omens, I obtain favorable sacrificial signsκ220Καλλικέλαδοςbeautiful-sounding
Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Sep 2013
  1. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented n.1 — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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