Πωλέσκετο
kept going to and fro
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Feb 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πωλέσκετο· ἀνεστρέφετο. καὶ Ὅμηρος· πωλεῖταί τις γέρων.
Betacode
*pwle/sketo: a)nestre/feto. kai\ *(/omhros: pwlei=tai/ tis ge/rwn.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword is an epic imperfect (frequentative) of
pwle/omai , in the third person singular. Same or similar glossing in other lexica including Hesychius, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.490, where the form occurs. ↩ - 2Homer, Odyssey 4.384 (about Proteus), with the third person singular present of the same verb. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 11 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth