Πηνίκα

at what hour

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Sep 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 15 words

[Meaning] when.¹
"[Him][A] not knowing at what hour of the night he/she/it[B] had set out."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πηνίκα· πότε. οὐκ εἰδότα, πηνίκα δὲ ἐξώρμησε τῆς νυκτός.

Betacode

*phni/ka: po/te. ou)k ei)do/ta, phni/ka de\ e)cw/rmhse th=s nukto/s.

Notes (2)

1The headword is an interrogative adverb, correlative with thni/ka and h(ni/ka. Same or similar glosses in other lexica (references at Photius pi863 Theodoridis); and cf. pi 1528. ↩
2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [Adler notes Hermann's conjecture of diecw/rmhce in place of de\ e)cw/rmhse, as the de\ seems out of place.] ↩

Linked from1 entry

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Neighbouring entries

π1525ΠηνελόπειαPenelopeia π1526ΠηνειόςPeneios, Peneus π1527Πηνίκαat what hour π1528Πηνίκ' ἐστὶν ὥρα τῆς ἡμέραςat what precise hour of the day is it?π1529Πηνίκηwig, toupee

Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Jul 2014

11 Jul 2014coding — Catharine Roth
3 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
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22 Sep 2011Translated — Catharine Roth