Ὀνειρόπληκτον

dream-struck

Translated by Catharine Roth26 Feb 2004Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 17 words

Translation

[Meaning] stricken by dreams.1
[Note] that, as Pythagoras says, animals also have dreams and diseases and portents.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀνειρόπληκτον· ὑπὸ ὀνείρων πληττόμενον. ὅτι, ὥς φησι Πυθαγόρας, ὀνείρους καὶ τοῖς κτήνεσι γίνεσθαι καὶ νόσους καὶ σημεῖα.

Betacode
*)oneiro/plhkton: u(po\ o)nei/rwn plhtto/menon. o(/ti, w(/s fhsi *puqago/ras, o)nei/rous kai\ toi=s kth/nesi gi/nesqai kai\ no/sous kai\ shmei=a. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius omicron334 Theodoridis. The headword -- masculine nominative singular in Hesychius but otherwise masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular -- must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. ↩
  2. 2Diogenes Laertius 8.32. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 3 Jul 2013
  1. expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
  2. added notes and more keyword — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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