Μελιταῖον κυνίδιον
Maltese lap-dog
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝21 Mar 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελιταῖον κυνίδιον. τῶν γὰρ κυνῶν οἱ μὲν ἰχνευταί, οἱ δὲ ὁμόσε τοῖς θηρίοις χωροῦσιν, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ φυλακῇ τῶν κτημάτων οἰκουροί, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τέρψει, ὡς τὰ Μελιταῖα κυνίδια. καὶ Μελιτηροὶ κύνες, οἱ ἐπὶ τέρψει τρεφόμενοι.
Betacode
*melitai=on kuni/dion. tw=n ga\r kunw=n oi( me\n i)xneutai/, oi( de\ o(mo/se toi=s qhri/ois xwrou=sin, oi( de\ e)pi\ fulakh=| tw=n kthma/twn oi)kouroi/, oi( de\ e)pi\ te/ryei, w(s ta\ *melitai=a kuni/dia. kai\ *melithroi\ ku/nes, oi( e)pi\ te/ryei trefo/menoi.
Notes (2)
- 1Artemidorus 2.11. For other references to them see LSJ s.v. Melitaios. For the diminutive
kuni/dion , see kappa 2708. ↩ - 2[Occasion for mentioning these arises from the similarity between
*melitai=oi ("Maltese") andmelithro/s ("honey-sweet").] This phrase is also in the paroemiographer Apostolius (11.24), who expands with the material already given here. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 7 Mar 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2; another keyword — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Modified translation, added note, raised status — William Hutton
- Translated — Ross Scaife ✝