Ὄσσα

rumor, voice

Translated by Catharine Roth20 May 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 21 words
[A term for] a divine utterance.1 It has smooth breathing. [sc. It can also be used] in reference to any voice.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὄσσα· θεία φήμη. ψιλοῦται. ἐπὶ πάσης φωνῆς.

Betacode
*)/ossa: qei/a fh/mh. yilou=tai. e)pi\ pa/shs fwnh=s.

Notes (2)

  1. See also omicron 726.
  2. 1cf. Etymologicum Magnum 635.50 and other lexica, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.93, where the headword occurs (web address 1); see further, next note. ↩
  3. 2This additional material appears slightly differently in the scholion (and in Aristonicus' De signis Iliadis): "later writers use it with a smooth breathing in reference to any voice". ↩

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ο674ὈρχομενόςOrchomenosο675Ὅσαhow manyο676Ὄσσαrumor, voiceο677Ὅσα ἰδεῖνas far as [it is possible] to seeο678Ὅσα μὲν τῷ δοκεῖν κακοπαθοῦσαιappearing to be suffering harm
Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Dec 2014
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaked and expanded notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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