Πλεῦνος

more, additional

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Sep 2012Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 19 words
[*pleu=nos can be used] instead of plei/onos.1 Herodotus [writes]: "as the siege required more [funds ...] they went away."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλεῦνος· ἀντὶ τοῦ πλείονος. Ἡρόδοτος· ὡς δὲ τοῦ πλεῦνός τε ἐδέετο ἡ πολιορκίη, ἀπηλλάσσοντο.

Betacode
*pleu=nos: a)nti\ tou= plei/onos. *(hro/dotos: w(s de\ tou= pleu=no/s te e)de/eto h( poliorki/h, a)phlla/ssonto.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. pi 1732, pi 1733, pi 1734, pi 1735.
  2. 1The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is Ionic genitive singular of the comparative of polu/s, glossed with the Attic form. ↩
  3. 2Herodotus 5.34.3, abridged: web address 1. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π1725Πλεονεξίαgreed, acquisitivenessπ1726Πλεονεξίαgreed, acquisitivenessπ1727Πλεῦνοςmore, additionalπ1728Πλευρῖτιςpleurisyπ1729ΠλειάςPleiad
Revision history2 revisions · last 6 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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