Λινοπτωμένη
net-watching
Translated by Craig Gibson3 Jun 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning she] watching over a fisherman's net drying.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λινοπτωμένη· λίνον ἁλιέως ψυχόμενον ἐποπτεύουσα.
Betacode
*linoptwme/nh: li/non a(lie/ws yuxo/menon e)popteu/ousa.
Notes
- The headword, presumably quoted from somewhere (but attested only here), is the feminine nominative singular, present participle, of the verb
linopta/omai .
Its masculine counterpartlinoptw/menos is the contested reading transmitted in Aristophanes, Peace 1178. The scholia there attribute to Aristotle the definition "those who watch over hunting nets", and they criticize two other interpretations: one derived "ignorantly from the birds falling into the nets", and one claiming that the word means "to fear excessively".