Μήλειος βληχή
ovine bleating
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jul 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μήλειος βληχή· ἡ τῶν προβάτων. καὶ Μήλειος καρπός, ὁ τῆς μηλέας.
Betacode
*mh/leios blhxh/: h( tw=n proba/twn. kai\ *mh/leios karpo/s, o( th=s mhle/as.
Notes (2)
Linked from3 entries
- μ919Μηλέαapple-tree[A term for] the tree [of that name].
- μ920Μήλειος ἩρακλῆςSheepy Heracles[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to to cut-price things; for once, when the ox that they were intending to slaughter for Heracles escaped, they took a sheep and placed it on top of 4 branches and sacrificed it.
- μ934Μῆλονsheep; apple, quinceThe herd-animal. Also the fruit. In the Epigrams: "I [am] a ripe quince still kept in its new skin from early summer, spotless, unwrinkled, downy [as newborn ones], growing on the end of leafy branches."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 21 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth