Νέποδες

footless

Translated by Catharine Roth23 Aug 2009Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 35 words

[A term for] fishes. [sc. The word is formed] from the privative [prefix] ne- and pou=s ["foot"]; for they are footless.¹
In the Epigrams: "... winged [creatures] and the profits of wilder and footless [creatures]."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νέποδες· οἱ ἰχθύες. παρὰ τὸ νε στερητικὸν καὶ τὸ ποῦς· ἄποδες γάρ εἰσιν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· πτηνὰ καὶ ἀγροτέρων κέρδεα καὶ νεπόδων.

Betacode

*ne/podes: oi( i)xqu/es. para\ to\ ne sterhtiko\n kai\ to\ pou=s: a)/podes ga/r ei)sin. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: pthna\ kai\ a)grote/rwn ke/rdea kai\ nepo/dwn.

Notes (2)

1cf. Orus cited in Etymologicum Magnum 601.29; also a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 4.404 (where the headword is applied to seals: web address 1), Apion cited in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon 115.31, ps.-Herodian 90. See also nu 251. ↩
2Greek Anthology 6.11.6 (Satrius/Satyrius), dedications to Pan by three brothers: a fowler, a hunter, and a fisherman; cf. Page (88-89). ↩

References

D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ν251Νέποδεςnepodes[Meaning] those swimming with their feet; for [that the word means] without feet [is] false; for seals do have feet. "Around him [were] nepodes seals." Homer [says this]. Also [sc. attested is] Nepos, [genitive]…

Neighbouring entries

ν248Νεώτεροςnewer, rather new, more new ν249ΝέπετοςNepetos, Nepetus, Nepet ν250Νέποδεςfootless ν251Νέποδεςnepodes ν252ΝέρβαςNerva, Nerbas

Revision history6 revisions · last 25 Jun 2023

25 Jun 2023expanded n.2, added bibliography, added keywords — Ronald Allen
27 Oct 2020tweaked note — Catharine Roth
18 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
16 Jun 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
7 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 Aug 2009another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Aug 2009Translated — Catharine Roth

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