Νεῖλος

Neilos, Nile

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Aug 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

6 notes · 63 words
[Meaning] the river [of that name].1
And in the neuter [is attested the term] *neilome/trion ["Nile-gauge"], [meaning] the measure of the Nile.2
Also [attested is] *neilw/|ois ["Nilotic"].3
Also [attested is] *nei=los [Nilos, Nilus], a proper name.4
For they say *ne/i+los from ne/ein ["swimming"] (that is, flowing) i)lu/n ["mud"], so that [the name] is *ne/i+los, [contracted to] *nei=los.5
See about the Nile under Brahmans.6

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νεῖλος· ὁ ποταμός. καὶ οὐδετέρως Νειλομέτριον, τὸ τοῦ Νείλου μέτρον. καὶ Νειλῴοις. καὶ Νεῖλος, ὄνομα κύριον. Νέϊλος γάρ φασι παρὰ τὸ νέειν, ἤγουν ῥέειν, ἰλύν, ἵνα ᾖ Νέϊλος, Νεῖλος. ζήτει περὶ τοῦ Νείλου ἐν τῷ Βραχμᾶνες.

Betacode
*nei=los: o( potamo/s. kai\ ou)dete/rws *neilome/trion, to\ tou= *nei/lou me/tron. kai\ *neilw/|ois. kai\ *nei=los, o)/noma ku/rion. *ne/i+los ga/r fasi para\ to\ ne/ein, h)/goun r(e/ein, i)lu/n, i(/na h)=| *ne/i+los, *nei=los. zh/tei peri\ tou= *nei/lou e)n tw=| *braxma=nes.

Notes (6)

  1. This entry combines material paralleled in other lexica.
  2. 1See also epsilon 3309. ↩
  3. 2i.e. an instrument for measuring it. See e.g. Strabo 17.1.48. ↩
  4. 3Dative plural, masculine or neuter; probably the latter, if the noun implicit is 'waters'. In any event, quoted from somewhere. ↩
  5. 4For example, Nilus the elder of Sinai (died c.430). ↩
  6. 5cf. nu 306. ↩
  7. 6beta 524. ↩

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ν287Νεῖκοςquarrelν288ΝείλεωςNeileos, Neileusν289ΝεῖλοςNeilos, Nileν290Νεῖνto swimν291Νειόςfallow, new-plowed
Revision history2 revisions · last 7 Jun 2013
  1. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. cosmeticules — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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