Μηκάδες

bleaters

Translated by David Whitehead7 Apr 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

11 words
A descriptive term for goats. From the peculiarity of their sound.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μηκάδες· ἐπιθετικῶς αἱ αἶγες. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰδιώματος τῆς φωνῆς.

Betacode
*mhka/des: e)piqetikw=s ai( ai)=ges. a)po\ tou= i)diw/matos th=s fwnh=s.

Notes

  1. = Synagoge mu189, Photius mu383 Theodoridis; cf. Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon 112.16, Hesychius mu1170, and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 23.31 (web address 1), where this nominative plural accompanies the term 'goats'.
    cf. generically beta 336.

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μ899Μήθ' ὑπὸ νεότητος θρασύνεσθαι μήθ' ὑπὸ γήρως ἀμβλύνεσθαιso that he was neither made reckless by youth nor blunted by old ageμ900ΜηϊόσιMaiones, Maionians, Maeoniansμ901Μηκάδεςbleatersμ902Μὴ καταπραΰνῃςdo not softenμ903Μηκέτιno longer
Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Apr 2015
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note, added link and keywords, raised status — William Hutton
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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