Περιφοριῶσθαι
to have a covering of skin
Translated by David Whitehead14 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Lysias [writes]: "[...] that either one of the eyes was lighter or it had a covering of skin".1 Euphorion used the word in application to the closed [eye].2 There are certain eyes which have lowered eyelids and give the impression of being shut. But if [the word] were written periphoriNosthai it would mean "to have been thickened", from the [term for] hide; for they do apply [the term] "hide" to humans.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περιφοριῶσθαι· Λυσίας· ἢ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὸν ἕτερον γλαυκότερον εἶναι ἢ περιφοριῶσθαι. ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀποκεκλιμένου Εὐφορίων κέχρηται τῷ ὀνόματι. εἰσὶ δέ τινες ὀφθαλμοὶ κεχαλασμένα τὰ βλέφαρα ἔχοντες καὶ οἱονεὶ μύοντες. ἐὰν δὲ γράφηται πεφορινῶσθαι, εἴη ἂν πεπαχύνθαι, ἀπὸ τῆς φορόνης· τάττουσι γὰρ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων τὴν φορόνην.
Betacode
*periforiw=sqai: *lusi/as: h)\ tw=n o)fqalmw=n to\n e(/teron glauko/teron ei)=nai h)\ periforiw=sqai. e)pi\ tou= a)pokeklime/nou *eu)fori/wn ke/xrhtai tw=| o)no/mati. ei)si\ de/ tines o)fqalmoi\ kexalasme/na ta\ ble/fara e)/xontes kai\ oi(onei\ mu/ontes. e)a\n de\ gra/fhtai peforinw=sqai, ei)/h a)\n pepaxu/nqai, a)po\ th=s foro/nhs: ta/ttousi ga\r e)pi\ a)nqrw/pwn th\n foro/nhn.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 30 Jun 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated n.1; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead