Πηγαῖον ὕδωρ

spring water

Translated by David Whitehead20 Oct 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

8 words
[Meaning that which comes] out of a spring.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πηγαῖον ὕδωρ· ἐκ πηγῆς.

Betacode
*phgai=on u(/dwr: e)k phgh=s.

Notes

  1. The headword phrase, unremarkable enough in itself, is perhaps a quotation from Euripides (fr. 656). For something similar in Aeschylus see under pi 1721; and cf. generally pi 1482, pi 1484, pi 1485, pi 1488, pi 1489.

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π1484Πηγὰς γάλακτοςsprings of milkπ1485ΠηγαίPegai, Pegaeπ1486Πηγαῖον ὕδωρspring waterπ1487Πηγεσίμαλλοςthick-fleecedπ1488Πηγὴ διαυγὴς τὰς νοὸς λύει λύπαςa clear spring dissolves the troubles of the mind
Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. added note and more keywords — David Whitehead
  5. added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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