Παλίνσκιον

doubly-shaded

Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

Isaeus [sc. uses this word] to mean thickly-shaded, but Archilochus in the sense of in darkness.¹ And Sophocles [writes]: "with double-shaded winter", meaning gloomy.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλίνσκιον· Ἰσαῖος μὲν ἀντὶ τοῦ σύσκιον, Ἀρχίλοχος δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ σκοτεινόν. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς· χειμῶνι παλινσκίῳ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ζοφερῷ.

Betacode

*pali/nskion: *)isai=os me\n a)nti\ tou= su/skion, *)arxi/loxos de\ a)nti\ tou= skoteino/n. kai\ *sofoklh=s: xeimw=ni palinski/w|. a)nti\ tou= zoferw=|.

Notes (2)

Abridged from Harpokration s.v.
LSJ entry for the headword adjective -- here neuter singular -- at web address 1.
1Isaeus fr. 112 Sauppe; Archilochus fr. 36 West. ↩
2Sophocles fr. 289 Radt; cf. pi 105. ↩

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π105Παλινσκίῳdoubly-shaded[Meaning] gloomy; for the [prefix] palin indicates emphasis, as in paligkapelos ["one who sells frequently"] and palimpratos ["that which is sold frequently"]. Common usage calls palinskia the plains which are not…

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π102Παλινοστήσαςhaving come back home π103Παλίνωρονbackwards, with a backwards wrench π104Παλίνσκιονdoubly-shaded π105Παλινσκίῳdoubly-shaded π106Παλιντράπελονreversing, turning back

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13 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
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23 Jul 2001added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
21 Jul 2001added link and keyword — Catharine Roth
13 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead

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