Ὁμωχαίτας

dwelling-together

Translated by Michiel Cock30 Nov 2006Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
Thucydides [uses this terms for] gods who share a temple and lodge under the same roof. The word [is] Boiotian.1
'Dwelling-together spirits', [meaning] those sharing the same temples and the same sanctuaries.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὁμωχαίτας· Θουκυδίδης τοὺς συννάους θεοὺς καὶ ὁμορροφίους. Βοιωτικὴ δὲ ἡ λέξις. Ὁμωχαίτας δαίμονας, τοὺς συμμετέχοντας τῶν αὐτῶν ναῶν καὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἱερῶν.

Betacode
*(omwxai/tas: *qoukudi/dhs tou\s sunna/ous qeou\s kai\ o(morrofi/ous. *boiwtikh\ de\ h( le/cis. *(omwxai/tas dai/monas, tou\s summete/xontas tw=n au)tw=n naw=n kai\ tw=n au)tw=n i(erw=n.

Notes (2)

  1. Accusative plural, from the source indicated below (n.2).
  2. 1Likewise in Photius, Lexicon omicron331 Theodoridis, taken to come from Aelius Dionysius, *)Attika\ O)no/mata (omicron21). ↩
  3. 2Thucydides 4.97.4 (with scholion), though there (and in Photius, above) written as o(mwxe/tas (web address 1). ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 16 Jan 2021
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
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  3. tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. tweaked note, cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  5. augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. cosmetics, link — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — Michiel Cock

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