Λοιμώδης
pestilential
Translated by Craig Gibson12 Nov 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to blame1 for a plague.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λοιμώδης· ὁ ὀλέθρου παραίτιος.
Betacode
*loimw/dhs: o( o)le/qrou parai/tios.
Notes (1)
- The phrase
loimw/dhs no/sos "pestilential disease" occurs first in Thucydides (1.23.3: web address 1) and subsequently in other historical and medical texts. - 1The original and literal sense of the adjective paraitios is 'partly to blame' or 'sharing the blame'; but as noted in LSJ s.v., it later becomes synonymous with simple aitios. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified tr; added a note — David Whitehead
- added note, link, and keyword; set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Craig Gibson