Ὄφις

serpent

Translated by Catharine Roth30 May 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

Translation

From the [noun] i)o/s ["venom"], in a transposition [becoming] o)/i+s ["sheep"]; and with addition of phi, o)/fis.1
See under 'argolai'.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὄφις· ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰός, ὄϊς ἐν ὑπερθέσει· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ φ ὄφις. ζήτει ἐν τῷ Ἀργόλαι.

Betacode
*)/ofis: a)po\ tou= i)o/s, o)/i+s e)n u(perqe/sei: kai\ pleonasmw=| tou= f o)/fis. zh/tei e)n tw=| *)argo/lai. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1This fanciful etymology appears also in Etymologicum Magnum 644.7. ↩
  2. 2alpha 3781. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 2 Aug 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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