Πέταυρον

roosting-perch

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Jan 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 19 words

Translation

[Meaning a] trap, depth.1
[A] plank. As if pe/teudon. [sc. So called] from birds [peteina/] sleeping [eu(/dein] on it.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πέταυρον· παγίς, βάθος. σανίς. οἷον πέτευδον. παρὰ τὸ εὕδειν ἐν αὐτῷ τὰ πετεινά.

Betacode
*pe/tauron: pagi/s, ba/qos. sani/s. oi(=on pe/teudon. para\ to\ eu(/dein e)n au)tw=| ta\ peteina/. 

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, a neuter noun (and a late variant of pe/teuron), is the singular of pi 1388 (q.v.)
  2. 1Same or similar glosses in other lexica (references at Photius pi820 Theodoridis), referring to Proverbs 9.18 LXX; cf. scholion on Theocritus, Idylls 13.13, where the dative peteu/rw| occurs. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. coding — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. expanded notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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