Νυμφεύτρια
bridesmaid
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Oct 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] she who is sent along with the bride by the [sc. bride's] parents. Also the newly-married [woman] and the wife; also an older woman, Penelope and Helen. Among Athenians also the mother of Zeus and the goddess at the waters.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νυμφεύτρια· ἡ συμπεμπομένη ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων τῇ νύμφῃ. καὶ ἡ νεόγαμος δὲ καὶ ἡ γαμετή· καὶ πρεσβυτέρα, Πηνελόπη καὶ ἡ Ἑλένη. παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις καὶ ἡ τοῦ Διὸς μήτηρ καὶ ἡ θεὰ ἡ ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων.
Betacode
*numfeu/tria: h( sumpempome/nh u(po\ tw=n gone/wn th=| nu/mfh|. kai\ h( neo/gamos de\ kai\ h( gameth/: kai\ presbute/ra, *phnelo/ph kai\ h( *(ele/nh. para\ *)aqhnai/ois kai\ h( tou= *dio\s mh/thr kai\ h( qea\ h( e)pi\ tw=n u(da/twn.
Notes
- Same entry in Photius nu283 Theodoridis (Hesychius nu715 has the first sentence only). Bernhardy added
oi(=on h( "like" before 'Penelope'; Naber, now followed by Theodoridis, preferredw(s .
The headword occurs in Aristophanes, Acharnians 1056 (web address 1), but this (odd) material is not in the scholia thereto.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Jun 2013
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- augmented note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth