Πέπον

my dear

Translated by Catharine Roth17 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

Good friend, kind sir.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πέπον· προσφιλέστατε, προσηνέστατε.

Betacode

*pe/pon: prosfile/state, proshne/state.

Notes

Vocative form in Homer and elsewhere; cf. pi 1013.
For the glosses (also in other lexica), both superlatives in the Greek, see the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.109, where the headword occurs.

Linked from1 entry

π1013Πέπονεςsoft[Meaning they who/which are] dissolute, weak. In the Epigrams: "so that he may winnow very quickly the fruit from soft ears." Meaning ripe [ones].

Neighbouring entries

π1010Πεποδισμένοιfoot-bound, hobbled π1011ΠέπομαιI have been drunk π1012Πέπονmy dear π1013Πέπονεςsoft π1014ΠέπορδαI have farted

Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jul 2021

18 Jul 2021cross-reference — Catharine Roth
13 Sep 2011expanded note — David Whitehead
17 May 2004removed link — Catharine Roth
17 May 2004augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
17 May 2004Translated — Catharine Roth