Πολυμήλη
many-sheeped, with many sheep
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Apr 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Referring to] a land with many nurslings.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολυμήλη· πολυθρέμματος γῆ.
Betacode
*polumh/lh: poluqre/mmatos gh=.
Notes
- Feminine nominative singular of
polu/mhlos (attested in epic as a two-termination adjective), evidently quoted from somewhere. (It occurs in Homer and Hesiod as a mythological proper name.)
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth