Νεβρός
fawn
Translated by Catharine Roth31 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning an] offspring of a deer,1 as if going out for food [bora/ ] and grazing [nemo- ].1
An[other] etymology is "being a new walker" [neopo/ros ].2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "fawn's heart" [nebrei/h kardi/a ]. Babrius [writes]: "the hungry vixen eats the fawn's heart which fell, having snatched it stealthily."3
An[other] etymology is "being a new walker" [
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "fawn's heart" [
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεβρός· ἐλάφου γέννημα, οἱονεὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βορὰν ἐξιὸν καὶ νεμόμενον. ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ νεοπόρος τις ὤν. καὶ Νεβρείη καρδία. Βάβριος· πεινῶσα κερδώ, καρδίην δὲ νεβρείην λάπτει πεσοῦσαν, ἁρπάσασα λαθραίως.
Betacode
*nebro/s: e)la/fou ge/nnhma, oi(onei\ e)pi\ th\n bora\n e)cio\n kai\ nemo/menon. e)tumologei=tai de\ neopo/ros tis w)/n. kai\ *nebrei/h kardi/a. *ba/brios: peinw=sa kerdw/, kardi/hn de\ nebrei/hn la/ptei pesou=san, a(rpa/sasa laqrai/ws.
Notes (3)
External resources
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Linked from4 entries
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- ν122Νεβρείην καρδίηνfawn's heartBabrius [writes]: "the hungry vixen [eats] the fawn's heart."
- 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…
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