Πιότατος ἄνεμος

most enriching wind

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Mar 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

[Meaning one which is] nutritive, growth-promoting.¹ In the Epigrams: "[Eudemos] dedicated this [temple] to Zephyr, the most enriching of all winds."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πιότατος ἄνεμος· θρεπτικὸς, αὐξητικός. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι τόνδ' ἀνέθηκε τῷ πάντων ἀνέμων πιοτάτῳ Ζεφύρῳ.

Betacode

*pio/tatos a)/nemos: qreptiko\s, au)chtiko/s. e)n *)epigra/mmasi to/nd' a)ne/qhke tw=| pa/ntwn a)ne/mwn piota/tw| *zefu/rw|.

Notes (2)

1The superlative adjective in the headword phrase is related to pi/wn (pi 1630). ↩
2Greek Anthology 6.53.1-2 (attributed to Bacchylides), a farmer's dedication to the west wind; cf. Page (150) and another extract from this epigram at pi 1013. For Zephyr, a warm breeze anticipated by farmers to facilitate winnowing grain, cf. zeta 41. ↩

References

D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)

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π1013Πέπονεςsoft[Meaning they who/which are] dissolute, weak. In the Epigrams: "so that he may winnow very quickly the fruit from soft ears." Meaning ripe [ones].

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π1630Πίοναfat π1631Πίονται Πίωσιthey will drink [and] they would drink.π1632Πιότατος ἄνεμοςmost enriching wind π1633ΠίωρPior π1634Πιππίζουσιthey chirp

Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Jun 2023

30 Jun 2023added cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
30 Jun 2023expanded n.2, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
4 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2012x-ref; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
19 Mar 2012Translated — Catharine Roth

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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