Μέτασσαι
middle-born lambs, summer lambs
Translated by Richard Rodriguez30 Jun 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] lamb-suckling flocks [sc. of sheep].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μέτασσαι· τὰ ὕπαρνα πρόβατα.
Betacode
*me/tassai: ta\ u(/parna pro/bata.
Notes
- Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword, a feminine nominative plural, occurs in Homer, Odyssey 9.221 (web address 1). For its sense -- poorly understood and conveyed here; better in the scholia to that passage, and similar comment elsewhere -- cf. mu 687.
For the adjectiveu(/parna cf. (e.g.) Euripides, Andromache 557 (web address 2).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 19 Aug 2020
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- Translated — Richard Rodriguez