Φανή
bright, clean
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Jul 2011Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] brilliant, pure.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "so that I might not shit into the blanket; for it was bright."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φανή· λαμπρά, καθαρά. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἵνα μη'γχέσαιμ' εἰς τὴν σισύραν· φανὴ γὰρ ἦν.
Betacode
*fanh/: lampra/, kaqara/. *)aristofa/nhs: i(/na mh'gxe/saim' ei)s th\n sisu/ran: fanh\ ga\r h)=n.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is feminine nominative singular of
fano/s (phi 77). - 1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 347 (web address 1), with scholion. Adler cites for comparison a gloss, unspecified, on ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- φ77Φανόςbright, clean, light; Phanos[Meaning] radiant. [sc. Someone] reporting and making clear the matters and disclosing [them]; or from the [verb] fai/nw ["to reveal"], that is to blackmail. "So that I will be your Phanos, scribe of lawsuits." But they…
- φ79Φανότερονmore conspicuous, rather conspicuous[Meaning] more/rather brilliant.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 4 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth