Ὁμίχλη
mist
Translated by Amanda Aponte5 Nov 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] blindness, or thick air.1
Mist [is] air made dense and not transparent, not bright.2
Homer [writes]: "the south wind spread a mist on high around the mountain."3 [The word] was coined from the placing of darkness [a)xlu\n ] over the eyes [o)/mmasin ].4
Aristophanes [writes]: "because of war and mist, [the things] which you do in a villainous manner may not be looked down upon."5 Meaning because of present evils constrained by war he may not expose your evil deeds.
Mist [is] air made dense and not transparent, not bright.2
Homer [writes]: "the south wind spread a mist on high around the mountain."3 [The word] was coined from the placing of darkness [
Aristophanes [writes]: "because of war and mist, [the things] which you do in a villainous manner may not be looked down upon."5 Meaning because of present evils constrained by war he may not expose your evil deeds.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁμίχλη· ἀορασία, ἢ παχὺς ἀήρ. Ὁμίχλη, ὁ τεθολωμένος ἀὴρ καὶ μὴ διαυγής, μηδὲ λαμπρός. Ὅμηρος· εὖτ' ὄρεος κορυφῇσι νότος κατέχευεν ὁμίχλην. ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ παρὰ τὸ τοῖς ὄμμασιν ἀχλὺν παρέχειν. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὑπὸ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τῆς ὁμίχλης, ἃ πανουργεῖς, μὴ καθορᾶται. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν περιεστώτων κακῶν καὶ τοῦ πολέμου συνεχόμενος μὴ ἐλέγχῃ τὰ σὰ κακουργήματα.
Betacode
*(omi/xlh: a)orasi/a, h)\ paxu\s a)h/r. *(omi/xlh, o( teqolwme/nos a)h\r kai\ mh\ diaugh/s, mhde\ lampro/s. *(/omhros: eu)=t' o)/reos korufh=|si no/tos kate/xeuen o(mi/xlhn. e)tumologei=tai de\ para\ to\ toi=s o)/mmasin a)xlu\n pare/xein. *)aristofa/nhs: u(po\ tou= pole/mou kai\ th=s o(mi/xlhs, a(\ panourgei=s, mh\ kaqora=tai. a)nti\ tou= u(po\ tw=n periestw/twn kakw=n kai\ tou= pole/mou sunexo/menos mh\ e)le/gxh| ta\ sa\ kakourgh/mata.
Notes (5)
- 1Same or similar entries in other lexica (references at Photius omicron284 Theodoridis), and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.359 (where the headword occurs: web address 1). ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 803 (quoted later in the entry). ↩
- 3Homer, Iliad 3.10. ↩
- 4The author speculates that
o(mi/xlh was formed as a combination ofo)/mmasin anda)xlu\n because of the similarity in appearance the resulting word would have too(mi/xlh . ↩ - 5Aristophanes, Knights 803 (web address 2). The text of Aristophanes reads
kaqora=| sou in the active voice, with Demos as the subject. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Jan 2021
- tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
- adjustments — David Whitehead
- augmented and modified notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Amanda Aponte