Ὠχραίνεται

becomes pale

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Sep 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology

2 words

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὠχραίνεται.

Betacode

*)wxrai/netai.

Notes

Present middle-passive of w)xrai/nw, third person singular; also in some of the grammarians. Presumably quoted from somewhere, but not independently attested.
cf. generally omega 288, omega 289.

Linked from1 entry

ω288Ὠχριῶσαturning paleThe [participle] w)xriw=sa [comes] not from being afraid, but is equivalent to being ill. From a metaphor of invalids. For this is what [Aristophanes] said: "the city turning pale and sunk in fear".

Neighbouring entries

ω285ᾬχουyou departed ω286ὬχωκαI have had ω287Ὠχραίνεταιbecomes pale ω288Ὠχριῶσαturning pale ω289Ὦχροςpallor

Revision history3 revisions · last 20 May 2016

20 May 2016expanded note — David Whitehead
8 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
8 Sep 2005augmented note — David Whitehead
5 Sep 2005Translated — Catharine Roth