Φάραγξ

chasm

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jul 2011Vetting: high2 revisions

14 words

[Meaning] the pit of the earth, which, when it receives water, makes it disappear.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φάραγξ· τὸ τῆς γῆς βάραθρον, ὅπερ, ὅταν ὕδωρ δέξηται ἀφανίζει αὐτό.

Betacode

*fa/ragc: to\ th=s gh=s ba/raqron, o(/per, o(/tan u(/dwr de/chtai a)fani/zei au)to/.

Notes

From a scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 248 (web address 1), where the headword occurs in the accusative.
See also phi 91.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

φ91Φάραγξcleft, chasm, ravine, gully[Meaning] the hollowness of the earth. Masculine. "The Persian force turning aside the attack, because of the unfairly-adjudicating ravine [...]." That is, [the] determining [ravine]. But the majority write fa/rugc…

Neighbouring entries

φ88Φάοςlight φ89ΦάωνPhaon φ90Φάραγξchasm φ91Φάραγξcleft, chasm, ravine, gully φ92ΦαραώPharaoh

Revision history2 revisions · last 4 Dec 2013

4 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Jul 2011more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Jul 2011Translated — Catharine Roth