Μορφνόν
dusky
Translated by Ronald Allen1 Aug 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] dark.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μορφνόν· σκοτεινόν.
Betacode
*morfno/n: skoteino/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword is attested both with accent on the ultima, as here, and on the penult, but in either case its sense is uncertain: see Cunliffe, p. 273 and LSJ s.v.
mo/rfnos, -o( . A likely source is the paroxytone (penult accented) form at Homer, Iliad 24.316 (web address 1), where it is masculine accusative singular (rather than neuter nominative/accusative), and serves as an epithet of the eagle (Richardson, p. 305); for this see also Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 134. Aristotle, History of Animals 618b26 uses the oxytone (ultima accented) form of the headword as a noun,morfno/s ; cf. mu 1269. Possibly the change in accentuation from ultimate to penult marks the transfer of the word's usage from adjective to substantive (Chantraine s.v.mo/rfnos ). - 1The headword has the same gloss at ps.-Zonaras 1371.23, along with the additional one
me/lan (black, swart). ↩
References
R.J. Cunliffe, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963
N. Richardson, The Iliad: A Commentary, vol. VI, gen. ed. G.S. Kirk, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. 2. Paris 2009.
N. Richardson, The Iliad: A Commentary, vol. VI, gen. ed. G.S. Kirk, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. 2. Paris 2009.
External resources
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Revision history5 revisions · last 17 Sep 2020
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics, tweaked reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- addition to primary note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen