Μιμηλά

imititative

Translated by David Whitehead7 Aug 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 32 words
[mimhla/ means the same as] mimhtikh/.1
And [there is] a proverb:2 "neither sculpted nor copied." That is, neither a sculpted image nor a painted one.
Also [sc. attested is] mimhlo/tata ["most-copied things"].3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μιμηλά· μιμητική. καὶ παροιμία· Μήτε πλαστὰν μήτε μιμηλάν. τουτέστι μήτε πλαστὴν εἰκόνα μήτε γραπτήν. καὶ Μιμηλότατα.

Betacode
*mimhla/: mimhtikh/. kai\ paroimi/a: *mh/te plasta\n mh/te mimhla/n. toute/sti mh/te plasth\n ei)ko/na mh/te grapth/n. kai\ *mimhlo/tata.

Notes (3)

  1. 1Something is wrong here: the headword is neuter plural, the gloss feminine singular. ↩
  2. 2See already at mu 990. ↩
  3. 3Superlative of the headword adjective, neuter nominative/accusative plural; evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Lucian, The Dead Come to Life 36). ↩

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μ1073Μιμάρηςhare-soup, jugged hareμ1074ΜίμαςMimasμ1075Μιμηλάimititativeμ1076Μίμησιςcopying, imitation, representationμ1077ΜίμνερμοςMimnermus, Mimnermos
Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Sep 2020
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note, added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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