Φιλητέων
of thieves
Translated by Catharine Roth18 Dec 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλητέων· λῃστῶν. ἤτοι κατὰ ἀντίφρασιν ἢ κατὰ ὑφαίρεσιν τοῦ υ πάνυ φιλητέων, κλεπτῶν.
Betacode
*filhte/wn: lh|stw=n. h)/toi kata\ a)nti/frasin h)\ kata\ u(fai/resin tou= u pa/nu filhte/wn, kleptw=n.
Notes (3)
- cf. Choeroboscus, Helladius (in Photius, Bibliotheca 535b7), Orion [Author, Myth].
- 1The headword is genitive plural of
filh/ths (cf. phi 334, phi 336), evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260.65). ↩ - 2That is, from the opposite ("thieves" from "lovers") -- an etymology of the lucus a non lucendo type. ↩
- 3That is, as if from
u(feilh/ths , posited as fromu(faire/w "filch." ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Apr 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth