Φοβερά

fearful

Translated by Ronald Allen17 Jan 2012Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 21 words

Translation

[Meaning one] in great fear.1 "I have been racked by a fearful heart, quivering with terror."2 Meaning I have been panic-struck.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φοβερά· ἡ περίφοβος. ἐκτέταμαι φοβερὰν φρένα, δείματι πάλλων. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐκπέπληγμαι.

Betacode
*fobera/: h( peri/fobos. e)kte/tamai fobera\n fre/na, dei/mati pa/llwn. a)nti\ tou= e)kpe/plhgmai. 

Notes (3)

  1. The headword is an adjective in the nominative (and vocative) feminine singular. (In the quotation given it appears in the feminine accusative singular.) See generally LSJ s.v. fobero/s and cf. phi 556.
  2. 1The gloss is an adjective in the feminine nominative singular; see generally LSJ s.v. peri/fobos, pi 1093 (gloss), an instance at omicron 568, and the scholion to the following quotation. ↩
  3. 2Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 153 (web address 1): the chorus of Theban elders laments the plague that has fallen upon their city. ↩
  4. 3This gloss is perfect indicative middle/passive, first person singular, of the verb e)kplh/ssw (I expel, drive away, e.g. emotional balance); see generally LSJ s.v. and cf. omicron 589 (gloss). ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  3. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ronald Allen

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