Ὥρα
season, youth
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Sep 2005Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] beauty, turning-point of time, symmetry.1 But with a smooth breathing [it means] concern.2 Hence we call o)li/gwros the one who has little concern.3 Plato [writes]: "I am leading too; for these ribs you have no concern."4
Aelian [writes]: "a woman notable for beauty, prudent in behavior ...".5
Aelian [writes]: "a woman notable for beauty, prudent in behavior ...".5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὥρα· κάλλος, καιροῦ τροπή, εὐμορφία. ψιλῶς δὲ φροντίς. ἔνθεν ὀλίγωρον λέγομεν τὸν ὀλίγην φροντίδα ἔχοντα. Πλάτων· ὁδῶ καί· περὶ τῶνδε πλευρῶν οὐδεμίαν ὤραν ἔχεις. Αἰλιανός. γυνὴ τὴν ὥραν διαπρεπής, σώφρων τὸν τρόπον.
Betacode
*(/wra: ka/llos, kairou= troph/, eu)morfi/a. yilw=s de\ fronti/s. e)/nqen o)li/gwron le/gomen to\n o)li/ghn fronti/da e)/xonta. *pla/twn: o(dw= kai/: peri\ tw=nde pleurw=n ou)demi/an w)/ran e)/xeis. *ai)liano/s. gunh\ th\n w(/ran diapreph/s, sw/frwn to\n tro/pon.
Notes (5)
- 1cf. omega 151, omega 152, omega 153, omega 156, omega 166. ↩
- 2cf. omega 150. ↩
- 3cf. omicron 164, omicron 165, omicron 166. The entry so far is essentially the same in Hesychius (omega281), cf. also Lexica Segueriana 421.3-4 (not Adler's '34'). ↩
- 4Plato Comicus fr. 2 Kock (and K.-A.) -- here, it seems, textually corrupt: the quotation begins at
peri\ tw=nde pleurw=n , and theo(dw= kai/ before it is obscure; perhaps*)adw/nidi , Gaisford -- cf. upsilon 341. ↩ - 5Aelian fr. 12a Domingo-Forasté (part of 12 Hercher). ↩
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Revision history7 revisions · last 27 Dec 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 5 — Catharine Roth
- betacode cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added reference, set status — Antonella Ippolito
- Translated — Catharine Roth