Φόβη

lock [of hair]

Translated by Ronald Allen15 Jan 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

Translation

[Meaning] tresses, the hair [sc. of the head].1
" [...] and he was letting his hair grow long with tawniest locks."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φόβη· κόμη, θρίξ. ὅς τε φόβῃσι ξανθοτάταις ἐκόμα.

Betacode
*fo/bh: ko/mh, qri/c. o(/s te fo/bh|si canqota/tais e)ko/ma. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword is a feminine noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular. In the quotation given it occurs in the dative plural. See already phi 554 for the accusative plural, and generally LSJ s.v.
  2. 1Although translated here as a plural, the first glossing noun is singular in number, the same form as the lemma; see LSJ s.v. ko/mh and kappa 1993. The second gloss is a feminine noun in the nominative singular; see LSJ s.v. and theta 500. The headword is similarly glossed in Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 797.56 (Kallierges), and ps.-Herodian, Partitiones 145. For the second gloss, Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 433. ↩
  3. 2Callimachus, Hecale fr. 376 Pfeiffer. [In her critical apparatus Adler observes that Crusius incorrectly includes the fragment in his edition of Babrius (p. 216). She also reports that ms G replaces the particle te by tis (someone) and transmits an alternative form of the imperfect indicative active, third person singular e)ko/mei of the contract verb koma/w (Ionic kome/w), I let my hair grow long.] ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Mar 2023
  1. Revised — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Ronald Allen

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