Νίφα λευκήν
white snow
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The expression [is] from Kekrops; for we say nifa/da ['snowflake']1 [sc. when we say it] completely.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νίφα λευκήν· ἀπὸ Κέκροπος ἡ λέξις· νιφάδα γὰρ φαμὲν ἐντελῶς.
Betacode
*ni/fa leukh/n: a)po\ *ke/kropos h( le/cis: nifa/da ga\r fame\n e)ntelw=s.
Notes (1)
- That is, instead of the headword's foreshortened
ni/fa -- which is, however, an authentic accusative of a noun meaning snow, from the root *snighw-, cf. nu 294, alpha 144, nu 363. This headword phrase occurs in Hesiod, Works and Days 535 (web address 1).
To call something 'from Kekrops' (the early Athenian king: see alpha 268, alpha 3838, alpha 3863, delta 1492, kappa 1269, kappa 1271, kappa 1410) is evidently akin to our saying 'out of the Ark' or suchlike. - 1See nu 437. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 12 Nov 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead