Μνηστή
courted [woman], wooed [woman]
Translated by Kyle Helms2 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
She who has been married in accordance with courtship [mnhstei/a ] or she who is waiting [me/nousa ] [sc. to be wedded] from virginity [sc. is] mnhsth/ , which is [to say], she who has not known man.
Also [sc. attested is the noun]mnhstei/a ["courting/wooing"].
Also [sc. attested is the noun]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μνηστή· ἡ κατὰ μνηστείαν γαμηθεῖσα ἢ ἐκ παρθενίας μένουσα μνηστή, ὅ ἐστιν ἀπείρανδρος. καὶ Μνηστεία.
Betacode
*mnhsth/: h( kata\ mnhstei/an gamhqei=sa h)\ e)k parqeni/as me/nousa mnhsth/, o(/ e)stin a)pei/randros. kai\ *mnhstei/a.
Notes
- The headword -- evidently quoted from somewhere -- is the feminine nominative singular of the adjective
mnhsto/s, mnhsth/, mnhsto/n , frommna/omai (mu 1149, mu 1177); see LSJ entry at web address 1.
The first part of the primary gloss is also found in the entry formnhsth/ in Hesychius mu1511. The second part of the Suda's entry differs from the entry in Hesychius, which continues: "or she who has remained fasting from virginity, that is to say, she has not known man (h)\ h( e)k parqenei/as mei/nasa nh=stis, h)/goun a)pei/randros ).
See also mu 1168.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- expanded note with cross-references — Catharine Roth
- tweaks, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Kyle Helms