Λυγαίως
gloomily
Translated by Kyle Helms29 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λυγαίως· σκοτεινῶς. καὶ Λύγη, ἡ σκοτία.
Betacode
*lugai/ws: skoteinw=s. kai\ *lu/gh, h( skoti/a.
Notes (2)
- cf. lambda 793.
- 1The same entry also occurs (without the additional note on
lu/gh ) at Synagoge lambda154 and Photius lambda428 Theodoridis. See also scholia to Apollonius Rhodius and to Theocritus (neither of whom, however, use this adverb). ↩ - 2cf. lambda 766. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- λ766Λύγαtwilight[Meaning] dark [things]. "For she [Artemis] appeared to her [Hegelochia] next to the threads of the loom, like twilight of fire".
- λ769ΛυγαῖοςLygaian, Lugaean, Lugian?, Leugaian?, of the twilight[Meaning someone] from a place [of that name?].
- λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang[Meaning] a year. [sc. The term comes] from 'quickly going', or 'gloomily going' (that is, darkly and unclearly). Or from a metaphor of wolves, which cross rivers while holding onto each other's tails in wintertime. So…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Apr 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- rearrangement, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Kyle Helms