Ὄττα
prediction, rumor, voice
Translated by Catharine Roth22 May 2010Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄττα· φήμη, μαντεία, θεία κλῃδών. καὶ ὀττεύεσθαι, τὸ μαντεύεσθαι. ὁ δὲ τὸ μέλλον ἐμφρόνως ὀττευσάμενος εἰς ἔννοιαν ἦλθε τὴν φρουρὰν ἀποτρίψασθαι τὴν παρὰ Πτολεμαίου.
Betacode
*)/otta: fh/mh, mantei/a, qei/a klh|dw/n. kai\ o)tteu/esqai, to\ manteu/esqai. o( de\ to\ me/llon e)mfro/nws o)tteusa/menos ei)s e)/nnoian h)=lqe th\n froura\n a)potri/yasqai th\n para\ *ptolemai/ou.
Notes (3)
- 1Attic for
o)/ssa (omicron 676). ↩ - 2(Attic for
o)sseu/esqai .) The entry so far = Photius, Lexicon omicron598 Theodoridis, and the first part is also in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; see also a scholion on Plato, Laws 7.800C (where the accusative of the headword occurs). See also omicron 730, omicron 731. ↩ - 3Polybius fr. 187 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (539) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this fragment to Polybius. Without further context, both the identity of the subject and of the particular Ptolemy that inspired him are uncertain. ↩
References
T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
Linked from6 entries
- κ1770Κληδονισμοίomen[Meaning] rumour, oracle. Also [sc. attested is the term] klhdonismoi/ ["omenizings"], [meaning] surveillances through words.
- ο676Ὄσσαrumor, voice[A term for] a divine utterance. It has smooth breathing. [sc. It can also be used] in reference to any voice.
- ο730Ὀττευομένηdivining from ominous sounds[Meaning] receiving an omen, taking auguries, prophesying. "Making divination from the very appearance of the envoys [the Carthaginians] fell into all kinds of wailing and lamentation." Or interpreting omens from the…
- ο731Ὀττευσάμενοςdivining from a sound[Meaning someone] taking omens, prophesying.
- ο732Ὀττείαdivination from ominous sounds[Meaning] prophecy.
- οι160Οἰωνισάμενοςdivining[Meaning one who is] prophesying, foreseeing. "By some supernatural means divining the future."
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- my poor grammar n.3 — Ronald Allen
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- coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
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- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth