Λίθων χοαί

streams of stones, outpourings of stones

Translated by David Whitehead15 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 13 words

Translation

[Meaning] gold and silver. For Euripides says: "having white stones they boast greatly".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λίθων χοαί· ἄργυρος καὶ χρυσός. καὶ γὰρ Εὐριπίδης φησί· λευκοὺς λίθους ἔχοντες αὐχοῦσι μέγα.

Betacode
*li/qwn xoai/: a)/rguros kai\ xruso/s. kai\ ga\r *eu)ripi/dhs fhsi/: leukou\s li/qous e)/xontes au)xou=si me/ga. 

Notes (1)

  1. Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda307 Theodoridis.
  2. 1Euripides fr.1007; cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 3.69, and see already at lambda 336 with note there. (How precisely Euripides' phrase connects with the proverb is not clear.) ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 17 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“streams of stones, outpourings of stones.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 15 May 2009. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/lambda/529>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/lambda/529>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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