Μελαίνῃ
dark, black
Translated by Kyle Helms16 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελαίνῃ· βαθείᾳ. Μέλαιναι δὲ φρένες, αἱ ἐν βάθει κείμεναι· τὸ γὰρ βαθὺ μέλαν.
Betacode
*melai/nh|: baqei/a|. *me/lainai de\ fre/nes, ai( e)n ba/qei kei/menai: to\ ga\r baqu\ me/lan.
Notes (2)
- 1Headword and gloss are both adjectives in the feminine dative singular. The headword is from
me/las, me/laina, me/lan (LSJ s.v. at web address 1). In Homer it is used variously of emotions (fre/nes ), ships, the earth, blood, water, and the sea; see Cunliffe 1963 s.v. This feminine dative singular is quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.300 (describing Achilles' ship: web address 2); cf. the scholia there, and other lexica. ↩ - 2Homer, Iliad 1.103 (web address 3), with scholion. Cunliffe explains: "[
me/lainai is] applied to thefre/nes thought of as darkened by deep emotion" (p.261). ↩
References
Cunliffe, R. J. 1963. A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect. Oklahoma.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Apr 2015
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Kyle Helms