Πέταυρα
roosting-perches
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Jul 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πέταυρα· σίγνα. Βάβριος· ὁ δ' ἐκ πεταύρου κλαγγὸν εἶπε βοήσας· πόθεν μαθήσῃ πόσον εἰς ἕω λείπει, τὸν ὡρονόμον θύσας με.
Betacode
*pe/taura: si/gna. *ba/brios: o( d' e)k petau/rou klaggo\n ei)=pe boh/sas: po/qen maqh/sh| po/son ei)s e(/w lei/pei, to\n w(rono/mon qu/sas me.
Notes (2)
- See also pi 1389.
- 1The neuter plural headword, presumably extracted from somewhere, is a variant of
pe/teura . It is glossed, here and in other lexica, by a word transmitted as a transliteration of the Latin signa; Theodoridis on Photius pi817 expresses approval for Musurus' emendation toti/gna . ↩ - 2Babrius 124.13-15. The Vatican codex of Babrius reads "if you kill me the hour-prophet" (
to\n w(ro/mantin ). ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 30 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth