Μόρσιμον
fated
Translated by Richard Rodriguez11 Jun 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μόρσιμον· εἱμαρμένον, μεμοιραμένον. ἀμφὶ δ' Ἐριννὺς φοίνιος ἐκ στομάτων μόρσιμον ἧκεν ὄπα.
Betacode
*mo/rsimon: ei(marme/non, memoirame/non. a)mfi\ d' *)erinnu\s foi/nios e)k stoma/twn mo/rsimon h(=ken o)/pa.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu539 Theodoridis) and in a scholion on Homer, Iiad 5.674, where the headword adjective, neuter singular, occurs (web address 1). For this adjective as a proper name, see mu 1260, mu 1261, mu 1262. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 7.188.5-6 (Antonius Thallus); cf. epsilon 2994, phi 800. See another extract from this epigram at nu 593. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ε2994ἘριννύςFury, Erinnys, ErinysAn evildoing subterranean divinity. "And beside [Hades] the bloody Fury sent out the fateful voice from her mouth."
- μ1262ΜόρσιμοςMorsimos, Morsimus; mortal[Morsimos,] a poet of tragedy, an eye doctor, small, frigid. [The adjective] mo/rsimos: "after having been bound fast by the emperor Domitian, Apollonius of Tyana said this to him, 'Indeed you will not kill me, since…
- ν593Νυμφεῖος οἶκοςbridal house[Meaning that] in which the brides [or: nymphs] are. But [sc. with the adjective differently spelled] nu/mfios ko/smos ["bridal adornment, adornment of a bride"] [is used] possessively, like Tyrian ["of Tyre"], Phrygian…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 22 Mar 2023
- added cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — William Hutton
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and n.1; more x-refs — David Whitehead
- modified notes, added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Richard Rodriguez