Νεβρείην καρδίην
fawn's heart
Translated by Catharine Roth31 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Babrius [writes]: "the hungry vixen [eats] the fawn's heart."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεβρείην καρδίην· Βάβριος· πεινῶσα κερδὼ καρδίην δὲ νεβρείην.
Betacode
*nebrei/hn kardi/hn: *ba/brios: peinw=sa kerdw\ kardi/hn de\ nebrei/hn.
Notes
Linked from2 entries
- ν123ΝεβρίζωνfawnskinningDemosthenes [in the speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the word]. Some [understand this] as the initiator donning a fawnskin and robing the initiands in fawnskins, [while others relate it] to tearing fawns apart in…
- ν126Νεβρόςfawn[Meaning an] offspring of a deer, as if going out for food [bora/] and grazing [nemo-]. An[other] etymology is "being a new walker" [neopo/ros]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "fawn's heart" [nebrei/h kardi/a].…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Jun 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth