Ολοός

deadly, oloos

Translated by Catharine Roth6 Dec 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

Translation

If the first syllable is aspirated, it means one who is prudent and healthy,1 but if it is unaspirated, it means destructive.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ολοός· δασυνομένης μὲν τῆς πρώτης συλλαβῆς δηλοῖ ὁ φρόνιμος καὶ ὑγιής, ψιλουμένης δὲ ὀλέθριος.

Betacode
*oloo/s: dasunome/nhs me\n th=s prw/ths sullabh=s dhloi= o( fro/nimos kai\ u(gih/s, yiloume/nhs de\ o)le/qrios. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1cf. o(/los "whole" (omicron 199). ↩
  2. 2Likewise in ps.-Herodian; cf. Apion, and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 14.139, where the phrase o)loo\n kh=r occurs (web address 1). See also omicron 182. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 24 Jun 2013
  1. tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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