Νίβα
snow
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jan 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νίβα· χιόνα. καλεῖται δὲ οὕτως καὶ κρήνη ἐν Θρᾴκῃ.
Betacode
*ni/ba: xio/na. kalei=tai de\ ou(/tws kai\ krh/nh e)n *qra/|kh|.
Notes (2)
- Same entry in Photius (nu214 Theodoridis), similar ones elswhere. The headword in any sense is unattested outside lexicography.
- 1The headword is a dialectal variant of the accusative singular of "snow", evidently quoted from somewhere; cf. nu 436. The word might be Macedonian; see the note at kappa 1446. ↩
- 2This form of words seems to be alluding to one spring in particular; cf. e.g. epsilon 1209. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Jun 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth