Φαικοῖσι

bright [ones]

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Sep 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

[Meaning for/to/with] shining [ones], brilliant [ones].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φαικοῖσι· φαιδροῖς, λαμπροῖς.

Betacode

*faikoi=si: faidroi=s, lamproi=s.

The headword adjective is in the dative plural (masculine or neuter), presumably quoted from somewhere. Attested in this form only here, but cf. Hesychius s.v. faiko/n, faikw=|, faikw=s; also Photius phi21 Theodoridis, s.v. faikw=| (attributing the word to Sophocles [fr. 1107 Radt]).

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