Μνοῦς
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Translated by Kyle Helms3 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μνοῦς· ἡ ἁπαλὴ θρίξ. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· καὶ μνοῦ χρῶτα τερεινοτέρη.
Betacode
*mnou=s: h( a(palh\ qri/c. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ mnou= xrw=ta tereinote/rh.
Notes (1)
- The headword is the contracted form of
mno/os . See generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1): 'fine, soft down, as on young birds'. - 1Philodemus in Greek Anthology 5.120.2 [ = 5.121.2 in Paton's Loeb]; see already, more fully, at mu 26. Find another excerpt from this epigram, the poet's description of his lover's many charms, at kappa 1428. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ1428Κεστόςkestos, girdleThe embroidered and decorated girdle; or a garment of Aphrodite. But by extension, also all the showy garments of women. And in the Epigrams: "and [she] sounding more magically than the kestos". Meaning more enticingly.…
- μ26Μαγώτεραmore magicallyMeaning more enchantingly. In the Epigrams: "but [Philaenion is] more curly-haired than parsley and more tender-skinned than down and more magically-speaking than the cestus [sc. of Aphrodite]."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Feb 2023
- augmented n.1, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms