Λείβηθρα

Leibethra

Translated by Nicholas Fincher2 Aug 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 12 words

Translation

A name of a city.1
But a leibethron [is] a small water-conduit2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λείβηθρα· ὄνομα πόλεως. Λείβηθρον δὲ ὀχετὸς ὑδραγωγικός.

Betacode
*lei/bhqra: o)/noma po/lews. *lei/bhqron de\ o)xeto\s u(dragwgiko/s. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1A small city on the lower slopes of Mt. Olympus in northern Greece; Barrington Atlas map 50 grid C4. See under omicron 654 (and also next note). ↩
  2. 2See generally LSJ s.v., which notes also upper-case Leibethron, a mountainous district of Thrake; Strabo 9.2.25, etc. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Apr 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. modified translation; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Nicholas Fincher

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