Νύκτα δασείην

shaggy night, thick night

Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

They call a stormy/wintry one [this].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νύκτα δασείην· τὴν χειμερινήν φασι.

Betacode
*nu/kta dasei/hn: th\n xeimerinh/n fasi. 

Notes

  1. In the paroemiographers (e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 4.9) -- and regularly, as here, in the accusative case.
    For the adjective see delta 77.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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