Πόστος
which (in the ordinal series)?
Translated by Catharine Roth31 Jan 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πόστος· ἀπὸ τοῦ πόσατος, κατὰ συγκοπήν. τάσσεται δὲ ἐπὶ ποσότητος. οἷον, πόστον ἄγει ἔτος; καί, πόστη ὥρα τῆς ἡμέρας;
Betacode
*po/stos: a)po\ tou= po/satos, kata\ sugkoph/n. ta/ssetai de\ e)pi\ poso/thtos. oi(=on, po/ston a)/gei e)/tos; kai/, po/sth w(/ra th=s h(me/ras;
Notes (4)
- 1The gloss
po/satos is attested only in grammarians, beginning with ps.-Herodian, etymologizing (as here) the interrogative adjectivepo/stos . But cf.pollosto/s (pi 1925, pi 1926). ↩ - 2cf. ps.-Ammonius, De impropriis 29. ↩
- 3That is, 'How old is he?' The quotation is unidentifiable, but cf. Homer, Odyssey 24.288,
po/ston dh\ e)/tos e)sti/n, o(/te cei/nissas e)kei=non , 'What year is it, since you entertained him?' ↩ - 4Again, unidentifiable. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 16 Oct 2021
- cross-references — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth