Πλειών
full [period of] time
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Sep 2012Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πλειών, πλειῶνος· ὁ ἐνιαυτός. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ πληροῦσθαι τοὺς καιρούς. ἐκ πολλοῦ πλειῶνος. ἐκ πολλοῦ χρόνου.
Betacode
*pleiw/n, pleiw=nos: o( e)niauto/s. a)po\ tou= e)n au)tw=| plhrou=sqai tou\s kairou/s. e)k pollou= pleiw=nos. e)k pollou= xro/nou.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. Proclus on Hesiod, Works and Days 615; Hesychius pi2519; ps.-Zonaras pi1552 (and Eustathius' Commentary on the Iliad). Hesiod uses the word in reference to the succession of stars which make up the full year (web address 1). It is implied that
pleiw/n is related to the rootplh- meaning "fill" rather than toplei/wn the comparative ofpolu/s (although both these roots are ultimately cognate). ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 6.93.3 (ascribed to Antipater of Sidon), quoted more fully at sigma 370. On the epigram's attribution, see sigma 370 note. ↩
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- augmented n.2 — Ronald Allen
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth