Πολιόν

gray

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Feb 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 25 words
[Meaning something] white.1
"There is neither shadowy mountain nor cloud of the sky nor gray sea which will receive this man when he has fled."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολιόν· τὸ λευκόν. οὔτ' ὄρος σκιερὸν οὔτε νέφος αἰθέριον οὔτε πολιὸν πέλαγός ἐστιν, ὃ δέξεται τοῦτον φυγόντα.

Betacode
*polio/n: to\ leuko/n. ou)/t' o)/ros skiero\n ou)/te ne/fos ai)qe/rion ou)/te polio\n pe/lago/s e)stin, o(\ de/cetai tou=ton fugo/nta.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. generally pi 1900, pi 1905.
  2. 1cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 10.334, where the headword describes a wolf (web address 1). ↩
  3. 2Aristophanes, Birds 349-351, a lyric passage quoted imprecisely (web address 2). ↩

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π1904Πόλινcityπ1905Πολιοκροτάφοιο γέροντοςof an old man going greyπ1906Πολιόνgrayπ1907Πολιορκῆσαιto besiegeπ1908ΠολιορκῶI besiege
Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Oct 2013
  1. more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. x-refs — David Whitehead
  3. Set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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