Πόλλης
Polles
Translated by David Whitehead14 Apr 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Name of a seer; and it declines *po/llhtos [in the genitive].1 [It was he] who wrote the [treatise on] bird-augury during travels, [explaining] that if someone carrying x encounters you, it means y.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πόλλης· ὄνομα μάντεως· καὶ κλίνεται Πόλλητος. ὃς συνέγραψε τὸ ἐνόδιον οἰώνισμα, ὅτι ἐὰν ἀπαντήσῃ τις τόδε βαστάζων, τόδε σημαίνει.
Betacode
*po/llhs: o)/noma ma/ntews: kai\ kli/netai *po/llhtos. o(\s sune/graye to\ e)no/dion oi)w/nisma, o(/ti e)a\n a)panth/sh| tis to/de basta/zwn, to/de shmai/nei.
Notes (1)
- Probably to be identified with pi 1898, q.v.; cf. in any event under omicroniota 163.
- 1For this genitive, see under mu 448 = sigma 1376. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- οι163Διαίρεσις οἰωνιστικῆς Οἰωνιστικήdivision of (the art of) auguryPhrygians were the first to discover this art. Its [divisions] are: (1) bird-augury; for example, when this particular bird flies, in front or behind, heading right or left, one would say what it means. Telegonus first…
- π1898ΠόλληςPollesof Aigai -- the Aigai in Asia, situated near Magnesia and Smyrna. Philosopher. He wrote an alphabetical Symbolika in 2 volumes, Bird-augury in 8 volumes, Arithmetic in 2 volumes, Remedies in 2 volumes, On the…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Oct 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead