Μενδήσιον κέρας

Mendesian horn, Mendesian branch

Translated by David Whitehead25 Sep 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] the mouth of the Nile.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μενδήσιον κέρας· τὸ τοῦ Νείλου στόμα.

Betacode

*mendh/sion ke/ras: to\ tou= *nei/lou sto/ma.

Notes

This phrase, for one of the eastern mouths of the River Nile, appears in Thucydides 1.110.4 (web address 1). Adler derives the entry from the scholia thereto, though the scholia read sto/mion in place of sto/ma. Herodotus 2.17.5 (web address 2) uses the phrase "Mendesian mouth". For the noun ke/ras in this sense (cf. e.g. the Golden Horn at Byzantium/Constantinople) see LSJ s.v., V.2 (web address 3).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

μ594ΜένδηνMendesThus Egyptians call Pan, as goat-faced, because that is what they call the goat in their own language; and they honour him as [the deity] upon whom the procreative force depends; and they honour him [to such an extent]…

Neighbouring entries

μ593ΜένδηMende μ594ΜένδηνMendes μ595Μενδήσιον κέραςMendesian horn, Mendesian branch μ596Μένεα πνείωνbreathing spirit μ597Μενεδάϊος ἵπποςsteadfast horse

Revision history3 revisions · last 16 May 2013

16 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2003added keyword — David Whitehead
12 Sep 2003cosmetics, augmented noted, added links and keywords, set status — William Hutton
25 Sep 2001Translated — David Whitehead