Φόνου πτερόν
death's wing, murder's wing
Translated by David Whitehead15 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that [which comes] through arrows, winged or quick. But better to understand periphrastically [as] death.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φόνου πτερόν· τὸν διὰ τῶν ὀϊστῶν, πτερόεντα ἢ ταχύν. βέλτιον δὲ ἀκούειν περιφραστικῶς τὸν φόνον.
Betacode
*fo/nou ptero/n: to\n dia\ tw=n o)i+stw=n, ptero/enta h)\ taxu/n. be/ltion de\ a)kou/ein perifrastikw=s to\n fo/non.
Notes
- Tragica adespota fr. 581; cf. Zenobius 6.31, Diogenianus 3.86.
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