Ὀρεοπολῶ
I wander in the mountains
Translated by Catharine Roth17 Jan 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀρεοπολῶ· περὶ τὰ ὄρη ἀναστρέφομαι. Ὀρεωπολῶ δὲ τὸ περὶ τοὺς ὄνους ἀναστρέφομαι. ἐκ τοῦ ὀρεύς, ὀρέως, ὃ σημαίνει ἡμίονον.
Betacode
*)oreopolw=: peri\ ta\ o)/rh a)nastre/fomai. *)orewpolw= de\ to\ peri\ tou\s o)/nous a)nastre/fomai. e)k tou= o)reu/s, o)re/ws, o(\ shmai/nei h(mi/onon.
Notes (3)
- 1cf.
o)reipolw= at omicron 551. ↩ - 2This entry aims to distinguish a mountain-word from a mule-word. Chantraine is unsure why compounds of
o)reu/s have an omega for the connecting vowel (cf. omicron 531). Adler reports a similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩ - 3See omicron 552. ↩
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. 2 (Paris 2009) 788-9
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Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Jan 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth