Πνίγει μετρίῳ
with moderate stiflingness
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Jul 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] with medium heat, that is, [in] spring.1
And the [sc. nominative/accusative] plural [is]pni/gh .
And the [sc. nominative/accusative] plural [is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πνίγει μετρίῳ· συμμέτρῳ καύματι. τουτέστιν ἔαρι. καὶ τὸ πληθυντικὸν τὰ πνίγη.
Betacode
*pni/gei metri/w|: summe/trw| kau/mati. toute/stin e)/ari. kai\ to\ plhquntiko\n ta\ pni/gh.
Notes (1)
- 1From a scholion on Aristophanes, Birds 726, where a version of the headword phrase occurs (web address 1; Dunbar insists that sense requires the punctuation
qe/rei metri/w|, pni/gei ). Forpni=gos , see pi 1833 (and related words at pi 1830 and pi 1832). ↩
References
Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar (Oxford 1995)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Sep 2021
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth