Μομβρώ

Mombro

Translated by David Whitehead27 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 13 words

Translation

[Mombro is the same as] Mormo,1 and the bogey/bugbear [sc. of that name].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μομβρώ· ἡ μορμώ, καὶ τὸ φόβητρον.

Betacode
*mombrw/: h( mormw/, kai\ to\ fo/bhtron. 

Notes (2)

  1. Same entry in Hesychius mu1598 (who also has a similar one at mu1600 for 'Mommo') and Photius, Lexicon mu513 Theodoridis. It is conventional to capitalize all (rather than merely some, as Adler) of these names.
  2. 1mu 1252. ↩
  3. 2For this term cf. under epsilon 962 = tau 89. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 May 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another note — David Whitehead
  3. added note, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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