Φυήν
growth
Translated by William Hutton11 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φυήν· βλάστησιν, αὔξησιν ἡλικίας. κυρτὴ δέ σοι πέφυκε καὶ τῶν ὀρθίων εἶναι δοκούντων ἡ φυὴ τῶν δακτύλων.
Betacode
*fuh/n: bla/sthsin, au)/chsin h(liki/as. kurth\ de/ soi pe/fuke kai\ tw=n o)rqi/wn ei)=nai dokou/ntwn h( fuh\ tw=n daktu/lwn.
Notes (2)
- 1= Synagoge phi215; cf. ps.-Herodian (Epimerismi 1471), Etymologicum Magnum 801.30. Perhaps, as Adler asserts, from commentary to Homer, Iliad 1.115, where the headword appears in this form (accusative singular), though the scholia to that passage (Agamemnon describes the qualities in which he thinks his wife does not surpass the captive woman Chryseis) tend to interpret the word as 'beauty' or 'character'. ↩
- 2Quotation (consisting of two iambic trimeters) unidentifiable; Adler reports that Bernhardy and Sternbach attributed it to George of Pisidia. The word translated as "fingers" could also mean "dates" (as in the fruit of the date-palm). ↩
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- more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton