Πολύθρονον

many-charmed

Translated by Catharine Roth27 May 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 24 words
[Meaning] many-drugged.1 For flowers [are called] qro/na. Homer [writes]: "and [she] fashioned many flowers on it."2 [The word] is also applied to a scoundrel.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολύθρονον· πολυφάρμακον. θρόνα γὰρ τὰ ἄνθη. Ὅμηρος· ἐν δὲ θρόνα ποικίλ' ἔπασσε. τάττεται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ πανούργου.

Betacode
*polu/qronon: polufa/rmakon. qro/na ga\r ta\ a)/nqh. *(/omhros: e)n de\ qro/na poiki/l' e)/passe. ta/ttetai de\ kai\ e)pi\ tou= panou/rgou.

Notes (2)

  1. 1i.e. having many drugs. Adler suggests (and Wendel [below] p. 43 agrees) that this may be a gloss on Callimachus (Hecale fr.364: contextless, so could be either masculine/feminine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular). The neuter nominative/accusative plural appears with an equivalent gloss in a scholion on Nicander, Theriaca 875. And see generally LSJ s.v. poluqro/nios (sic). ↩
  2. 2Homer, Iliad 22.441 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩

References


Carl Wendel, review of Adler Part IV and Part V: Gnomon 15 (1939): 42-46.

External resources

Neighbouring entries

π1965ΠολύϊδοςPolyidus, Polyidosπ1966Πολυήκοοςmuch-learnedπ1967Πολύθρονονmany-charmedπ1968Πολυθρύλητονmuch-talked-ofπ1969Πολυκαγκήςparching, parched
Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented n.1 and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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