Φαεινόν

brilliant, shining

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Dec 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 16 words

[Meaning] bright.¹
"And they with shining woven [sc. baskets] receiving the desserts, [i.e.] nuts and acorns."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φαεινόν· λαμπρόν. καὶ πλέγμασι φαεινοῖς ἐκδεχόμενοι τὰ τρωκτά, κάρυα καὶ βαλάνους.

Betacode

*faeino/n: lampro/n. kai\ ple/gmasi faeinoi=s e)kdexo/menoi ta\ trwkta/, ka/rua kai\ bala/nous.

1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.357, where the feminine genitive singular of the headword occurs (of a shield). The present headword itself -- masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular -- is glossed likewise in other lexica and must be quoted from somewhere else: Theodoridis on Photius phi6 suggests Iliad 3.247 (citing the scholia there). ↩
2(cf. tau 1081.) Quotation unidentifiable. (Attributed to Aelian by Valckenaer.) ↩

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