Ὄμπνιος λειμών
flourishing meadow, nourishing meadow
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Dec 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning sc. one filled with] grain, and the fruits of Demeter: since Demeter is called *)ompni/a .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄμπνιος λειμών· ὁ σῖτος, καὶ οἱ Δημητριακοὶ καρποί· ἐπεὶ Ὀμπνία ἡ Δημήτηρ λέγεται.
Betacode
*)/ompnios leimw/n: o( si=tos, kai\ oi( *dhmhtriakoi\ karpoi/: e)pei\ *)ompni/a h( *dhmh/thr le/getai.
Notes
- Phrase of unknown origin but taken to come from tragedy: Tragica Adespota fr. 594a. Same entry (but with the adjective spelled
o)/pnios ) in Photius, Lexicon omicron411 Theodoridis (from Pausanias the Atticist omicron16); cf. Hesychius omicron831, the scholia on Nicander, Alexipharmaca 7, and -- for its afterlife as a proverb -- Appendix Proverbiorum (o)/mpnios karpo/s ) 4.20 etc.
cf. omicron 303, omicron 304, omicron 307, and especially omicron 305.
Linked from5 entries
- λ364Λειμώνmeadow[leimw/n, genitive] leimw=nos: [meaning] a flowery place.
- ο303Ὄμπνιον νέφοςflourishing cloud, nourishing cloud[Meaning one that is] big, large, increased. Sophocles in Theseus [sc. uses the phrase]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] o)/mpnios xei/r, [meaning] a wealthy [hand].
- ο304Ὄμπνιον ὕδωρflourishing water[Meaning water that is] nourishing, and plentiful. They also say o)mpnihro\n u(/dwr, [also meaning water that is] nourishing.
- ο305Ὄμπνιοςnourishing, of grain[sc. An epithet of] Demeter, since she is responsible for drawing breath [a)napnei=n].
- ο307Ὄμπνιος χείρflourishing hand, nourishing hand[Meaning] a wealthy hand.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Jan 2021
- betacode — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- adjustments and expansions — David Whitehead
- tweaked note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth