Ὀπτῆρας

watchers

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Feb 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

[Meaning] spies.¹
"And a certain watcher who has seen him leaping with a fresh-reeking sword tells me." Sophocles [writes this].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀπτῆρας· κατασκόπους. καί μοί τις αὐτὸν σὺν νεορράντῳ ξίφει ὀπτὴρ ἐσιδὼν πηδῶντα φράζει. Σοφοκλῆς.

Betacode

*)opth=ras: katasko/pous. kai/ moi/ tis au)to\n su\n neorra/ntw| ci/fei o)pth\r e)sidw\n phdw=nta fra/zei. *sofoklh=s.

Notes (2)

1The headword is accusative plural of o)pth/r; same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius omicron421 Theodoridis), and in a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 14.261 [= 17.430], where it occurs. ↩
2Sophocles, Ajax 29-30 (web address 1), quoted already at nu 201. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ν201Νεορράντῳnew-sprinkled[Meaning] fresh from [= with] with blood. Sophocles [writes]: "and a certain [watcher] who had seen him striding along with a new-sprinkled sword declared [this] to me."

Neighbouring entries

ο486Ὀπτανεῖονroasting-place, kitchen ο487Ὀπτανίαview (?)ο488Ὀπτῆραςwatchers ο489Ὀπτῶντεςbroiling, frying ο490Ὅποιwhither

Revision history2 revisions · last 7 Jul 2013

7 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
9 Feb 2010another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
9 Feb 2010Translated — Catharine Roth