Νάπος
glen, gulley
Translated by David Whitehead7 Sep 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[na/pos is] neuter and [sc. also attested is the] feminine, na/ph :1 [Meaning] a mountainous wooded place.2
As ifna/fh , not having light [fw=s ] because of a thicket.
Xenophon has the wordna/pos in the neuter, [meaning] a gulley. "[...] when the leaders came to a gulley hard-to-cross and large, they halted there, not knowing whether the gulley was to be crossed."3
As if
Xenophon has the word
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νάπος οὐδέτερον καὶ θηλυκὸν ἡ Νάπη· ὀρεινὸς ὑλώδης τόπος. οἱονεὶ νάφη ὡς μὴ φῶς ἔχουσα διὰ δάσος. Ξενοφῶν οὐδετέρως λέγει τὸ νάπος, τὸ ἔδαφος. ἐπεὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι ἐγένοντο ἐπὶ νάπει δυσβάτῳ καὶ μεγάλῳ, ἔστησαν ἀγνοοῦντες, εἰ διαβατέον εἴη τὸ νάπος.
Betacode
*na/pos ou)de/teron kai\ qhluko\n h( *na/ph: o)reino\s u(lw/dhs to/pos. oi(onei\ na/fh w(s mh\ fw=s e)/xousa dia\ da/sos. *cenofw=n ou)dete/rws le/gei to\ na/pos, to\ e)/dafos. e)pei\ oi( h(gou/menoi e)ge/nonto e)pi\ na/pei dusba/tw| kai\ mega/lw|, e)/sthsan a)gnoou=ntes, ei) diabate/on ei)/h to\ na/pos.
Notes (3)
External resources
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Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Jun 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead