Νεφέλαι
clouds
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Sep 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεφέλαι· ἡ καπνώδης ἐκ γῆς ἀναθυμίασις. καὶ εἶδος δικτύου θηρευτικοῦ. ἐτυμολογεῖται νεφέλη παρὰ τὸ νείφειν, ὅ ἐστι βρέχειν, καὶ τὸ ἕλκειν. ἡ βροχὴν ἐφελκομένη.
Betacode
*nefe/lai: h( kapnw/dhs e)k gh=s a)naqumi/asis. kai\ ei)=dos diktu/ou qhreutikou=. e)tumologei=tai nefe/lh para\ to\ nei/fein, o(/ e)sti bre/xein, kai\ to\ e(/lkein. h( broxh\n e)felkome/nh.
Notes (3)
- The noun
nefe/lh has parallels in western Indoeuropean languages: Latin nebula, Welsh niwl, Old Norse njöl, Old High German nebul, Anglo-Saxon nifol (Chantraine s.v.). The related nounne/fos (nu 278) finds its correspondences in eastern Indoeuropean. - 1Based on Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 466.28 Wallies; the Suda adds the adjective. ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 194, where the accusative of the headword occurs. ↩
- 3This meaning for
nei/fein , which is usually applied only to frozen precipitation, is attested in late Greek; see LSJ s.v.nei/fw (web address 1) and nu 294. ↩
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. 2, Paris 2009
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ν278ΝέφοςcloudAs if [from] ne/-faos, that which is deprived of light. Thus also kne/fas [is] that which is empty [keno/n] of light [fa/os].
- ν280Νεφροὶkidneys[Kidneys] of the body: [the organs] into which the urine [ou)=ron] flows [nei/fetai].
- ν294ΝείφωI snow[Meaning] I rain, [spelled] with a diphthong. But nifo/menos ["being snowed upon"] [meaning] being covered with snow [is spelled] with an iota. But nh/fwn ["being sober"] [meaning] staying awake [is spelled] with eta.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 7 Jun 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- typo — William Hutton
- augmented notes, added link and keywords, raised status — William Hutton
- Translated — Catharine Roth