Μελανοσυρμαῖον λεών
black-purging people, black-purging race
Translated by David Whitehead19 Mar 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελανοσυρμαῖον λεών· μέλαινα, καὶ συρμαϊζόμενον· συρμαία δὲ κρίθινόν ἐστι πόμα. λέγει δὲ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους.
Betacode
*melanosurmai=on lew/n: me/laina, kai\ surmai+zo/menon: surmai/a de\ kri/qino/n e)sti po/ma. le/gei de\ tou\s *ai)gupti/ous.
Notes (2)
- The headword phrase is in the accusative singular. It appears in the dative singular in Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 857, the scholia to which supply the Suda's primary gloss.
- 1cf. sigma 1666, sigma 1667. ↩
- 2On the Egyptians and purging see Herodotus 2.77. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead