Πολύρρηνες

lamb-rich, many-lambed

Translated by David Whitehead12 Apr 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 33 words
[Meaning] they who who have many [sc. ovine] nurselings.1
The [neuter] Polyrrenon [sc. is also attested]: a place in Crete, where they used to sacrifice to the gods. And see under 'the Cretans'.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολύρρηνες· πολλὰ θρέμματα ἔχοντες. τὸ Πολύρρηνον, τόπος Κρήτης, ἔνθα τοῖς θεοῖς ἔθυον. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ οἱ Κρῆτες.

Betacode
*polu/rrhnes: polla\ qre/mmata e)/xontes. to\ *polu/rrhnon, to/pos *krh/ths, e)/nqa toi=s qeoi=s e)/quon. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| oi( *krh=tes.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Nominative plural of this adjective. Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.154 (repeated 9.296), where it occurs (web address 1). *polu/rrhn comes from polu/vrhn: cf. rho 135. ↩
  2. 2omicroniota 83. ↩

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π2000Πολυποικιλώτατοςmost multi-variegated, very multi-variegatedπ2001ΠολυποίτηςPolypoites, Polypoetesπ2002Πολύρρηνεςlamb-rich, many-lambedπ2003Πολύςmuchπ2004Πολυσμαράγοιςmuch-roaring
Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. added link, raised status — Catharine Roth
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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