Ναΐδες
Naiads
Translated by Alex Gottesman21 Nov 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] springs; or Nymphs who dwell by the streams.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ναΐδες· πηγαί· ἢ Νύμφαι παρὰ τοῖς νάμασι διατρίβουσαι.
Betacode
*nai/+des: phgai/: h)\ *nu/mfai para\ toi=s na/masi diatri/bousai.
Notes
- Nominative plural, likewise or similarly glossed in other lexica (from Phrynichus); perhaps quoted from somewhere.
cf. nu 305, and see generally Irad Malkin in OCD(4) s.v. nymphs.
Linked from2 entries
- ν305Νήϊδαunknowing[Meaning] inexperienced, uneducated, weak. But Neides [are] nymphs.
- ν306Νῆϊςunknowing; Naiad[Meaning] not knowing, inexperienced. But some [sc. see in this word] the Neis [= Naiad] nymph, [a name] deriving from namata ["pools"], and the Nile. And [sc. they say that] in Samos wild animals existed, and when they…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Aug 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
- raised status — Elizabeth Vandiver
- augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Alex Gottesman