Πολυωπόν

many-meshed, multi-meshed

Translated by Francesco Ginelli9 Jan 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning] the net with many holes.1
But a poluopo/n [is] an outer-garment.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολυωπόν· τὸ πολύτρητον δίκτυον. Πολυοπὸν δὲ ἱμάτιον.

Betacode
*poluwpo/n: to\ polu/trhton di/ktuon. *poluopo\n de\ i(ma/tion. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Similarly in other lexica and grammars; first in Homer, Odyssey 22.386 (with 'net' explicit). ↩
  2. 2Not registered in LSJ. The adjective polu/opos (differently accented) is attested in Theophrastus and elsewhere with the sense "full of juice." ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Oct 2021
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. supplied notes; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Francesco Ginelli

Cite this entry

“many-meshed, multi-meshed.” Suda On Line. Tr. Francesco Ginelli. 9 January 2013. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/1990>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/1990>.

Translation by Francesco Ginelli for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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