Πότερον
whether
Translated by Ronald Allen10 Oct 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] specifically, of what nature, of what origin.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πότερον· ἆρα, ποῖον, ποταπόν.
Betacode
*po/teron: a)=ra, poi=on, potapo/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword is the masculine accusative singular and neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective
po/teros, -a, -on ; see LSJ s.v. In the neuter it functions as an interrogative adverb, introducing a sentence comprising two alternative propositions (Smyth, §2656-60, §2675a). - 1Same glossing in the Synagoge and in Photius' Lexicon (pi1121 Theodoridis); cf. also Hesychius s.v., ps.-Zonaras (Tittmann) 1568.5, Anecdota Graeca (Cramer) 2.483.10, Lexicon in orationes Gregorii Nazianzeni pi183.20; and pi 1513 (gloss). For
a)=ra see also alpha 3727. ↩
References
H.W. Smyth, Greek Grammar, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1956.
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