Μορόεις
moroeis
Translated by Richard Rodriguez9 Jun 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
and in the neuter [plural] moro/enta , [meaning] the things wrought with exertion.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μορόεις, καὶ οὐδετέρως μορόεντα, τὰ μετὰ κόπου καμνόμενα.
Betacode
*moro/eis, kai\ ou)dete/rws moro/enta, ta\ meta\ ko/pou kamno/mena.
Notes
- This adjective is used in the masculine nominative singular, i.e. the form given as the headword here, in Nicander, Alexipharmaka 569, where (as elsewhere in that writer) it means deadly or fatal; LSJ s.v., II. But in the neuter plural it is used of earrings in Homer (Iliad 14.183, Odyssey 18.298), and its meaning in that context was disputed in the ancient scholia and commentators. The alternative line of explanation to the one given here (and in Hesychius and Eustathius) is 'everlasting/immortal'.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 18 May 2016
- note tweak — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Richard Rodriguez