Φαιάν

gray, grey

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 33 words
"But he, assuming that gray and black garb [...] of those including his companions up to [sc. the number of] fifty, all ventured together [sc. to wear] the same garb as that man."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φαιάν· ὁ δὲ σχηματισάμενος ἐς τὴν φαιὰν ἐκείνην καὶ μέλαιναν στολήν, τῶν μέχρι καὶ τῶν συνειδότων ἐς πεντήκοντα συντεινόντων, πάντες συνετόλμων τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκείνῳ στολήν.

Betacode
*faia/n: o( de\ sxhmatisa/menos e)s th\n faia\n e)kei/nhn kai\ me/lainan stolh/n, tw=n me/xri kai\ tw=n suneido/twn e)s penth/konta sunteino/ntwn, pa/ntes suneto/lmwn th\n au)th\n e)kei/nw| stolh/n.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, feminine accusative singular of this adjective, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For the color, see phi 178, phi 179, phi 180.
  2. 1Valckenaer attributed this quotation to Aelian. Bernhardy called it oratio manca, and indeed the construction and sense are unclear. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

φ149Φαῦσιςilluminationφ150ΦαιακίαPhaiakia, Phaeaciaφ151Φαιάνgray, greyφ152ΦαίαξPhaeax, Phaiaxφ153Φαιδιμόεντεςradiant
Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. added cross-references — Catharine Roth
  3. another note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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