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Λυκηθμός

wolf-howl

Translated by David Whitehead13 Jul 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 37 words
[Meaning] the cry of wolves.
"For the wolf-howl became audible to them, and they leapt up in their turmoil".1
"And so the Avars attacked en masse, employing their customary wolf-howl. Such a cry [was] dear to them".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λυκηθμός· ἡ τῶν λύκων βοή. ἐξάκουστος γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο ὁ λυκηθμός, καὶ τῷ ταράχῳ ἀνεπήδησαν. καὶ οὖν οἱ Ἄβαροι ἐσβάλλουσιν ἀθρόως, χρησάμενοι τῷ συνήθει λυκηθμῷ. φίλη δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ τοιάδε ὠρυγή.

Betacode
*lukhqmo/s: h( tw=n lu/kwn boh/. e)ca/koustos ga\r au)toi=s e)ge/neto o( lukhqmo/s, kai\ tw=| tara/xw| a)neph/dhsan. kai\ ou)=n oi( *)/abaroi e)sba/llousin a)qro/ws, xrhsa/menoi tw=| sunh/qei lukhqmw=|. fi/lh de\ au)toi=s h( toia/de w)rugh/.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Tentatively attributed by Adler to either Aelian or Iamblichus; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr.120 Habrich. ↩
  2. 2Quotation unidentifiable. (For the Avars see generally under alpha 18.) ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 17 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. tweaked tr; x-ref — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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