Ὀφιόπους γυνή

snake-footed woman

Translated by David Whitehead29 Dec 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

Translation

[Meaning one who is] creeping.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀφιόπους γυνή· ἕρπουσα.

Betacode
*)ofio/pous gunh/: e(/rpousa.  

Notes

  1. The headword phrase is generated by a tall tale in Lucian, Philopseudes 22.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Aug 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“snake-footed woman.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 29 December 2003. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/omicron/1006>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/omicron/1006>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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