Νῆ

ne

Translated by Catharine Roth21 Jan 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

A privative adverb. But it can also be intensive. Hence nh/xuton u(/dwr ["full-flowing water"]¹ and nh/xutos o)/rphc ["juicy sapling"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νῆ· στερητικὸν ἐπίρρημα. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐπιτατικόν. ὅθεν νήχυτον ὕδωρ καὶ νήχυτος ὄρπηξ.

Betacode

*nh=: sterhtiko\n e)pi/rrhma. e)/sti de\ kai\ e)pitatiko/n. o(/qen nh/xuton u(/dwr kai\ nh/xutos o)/rphc.

Notes (2)

See LSJ s.v, and cf. nu 361.
1Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.530, the scholia to which are drawn on here. ↩
2Nicander, Theriaca 33. ↩

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ν293Νεῖταιwill come ν294ΝείφωI snow ν295Νῆne ν296Νῆαship ν297Νηγάτεονnegatean [??newly made, not crafted by human hands, undamaged]

Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jun 2013

9 Jun 2013coding — Catharine Roth
7 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2003augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
21 Jan 2003Translated — Catharine Roth