Ποτνιᾶσθαι
to cry aloud
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Jan 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ποτνιᾶσθαι· παρακαλεῖν. καὶ Ποτνιᾶται, παρακαλεῖ, ἐπικαλεῖται θεούς. καὶ Ποτνιώμενος, δυσφορῶν, μετ' οἰμωγῆς παρακαλῶν.
Betacode
*potnia=sqai: parakalei=n. kai\ *potnia=tai, parakalei=, e)pikalei=tai qeou/s. kai\ *potniw/menos, dusforw=n, met' oi)mwgh=s parakalw=n.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword is present infinitive of
potnia/omai , frompo/tnia (pi 2138): thus, literally, to cry aloud (in horror or indignation) 'o mistress'; attested only in later Greek prose, see LSJ s.v. No precise equivalent for the glossing in other lexica, but Etymologicum Magnum 685.52 is very close. ↩ - 2Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and a scholion on Lucian (167.1 Rabe). Evidently quoted from somewhere. ↩
- 3(Again it must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.) Moeris asserts that
potniw/menos is Attic corresponding to common Greekdusforw=n . ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Oct 2021
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth