Φορβάδων
of grazing [animals]
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2012Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φορβάδων· νομάδων, βοσκομένων. καὶ Φορβάς, ἡ πολλοῖς προσομιλοῦσα τροφῆς χάριν. παρὰ τὸ φέρβω.
Betacode
*forba/dwn: noma/dwn, boskome/nwn. kai\ *forba/s, h( polloi=s prosomilou=sa trofh=s xa/rin. para\ to\ fe/rbw.
Notes (2)
- cf. the note at phi 582.
- 1The headword is genitive plural of
forba/s , quoted from somewhere (and see under tau 857); same or similar glossing in other lexica. ↩ - 2cf. Pollux 7.203,
forba/das a)\n ta\s po/rnas le/gois "you might call prostitutesforba/das "; and see LSJ s.v., citing fragments of Pindar and Sophocles. (For the verb see phi 205.) ↩
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- added note number; x-refs; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth