Πῶρος
hardening, stone [in the joints or bladder]
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Apr 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[*pw=ros ] is a certain condition, as Antimachus says. "They set a certain hardening on the wives and their children." And the Eleans call suffering pwrei=n ["to harden"]. So from this talai/pwros ["wretched"] is etymologized.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πῶρος· πάθος τί ἐστιν, ὥς φησιν Ἀντίμαχος. πῶρόν τιν' ἀλόχοισι καὶ οἷς τεκέεσσιν ἔθεντο. καὶ πωρεῖν Ἠλεῖοι τὸ πενθεῖν φασι. παρὰ τοῦτο οὖν τὸ ταλαίπωρος ἐτυμολογεῖται.
Betacode
*pw=ros: pa/qos ti/ e)stin, w(/s fhsin *)anti/maxos. pw=ro/n tin' a)lo/xoisi kai\ oi(=s teke/essin e)/qento. kai\ pwrei=n *)hlei=oi to\ penqei=n fasi. para\ tou=to ou)=n to\ talai/pwros e)tumologei=tai.
Notes
- From tau 49, q.v.
Linked from3 entries
- π2181Πῶροςstone[Meaning] petrification of moisture. Also [sc. attested is] pwrw=, a verb, [meaning] I harden and I petrify. The Pisidian [writes]: "and hardening the drops and binding them together in a stony manner." Also [sc.…
- π2183Πωρόςwretched[Meaning] blind. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] pw/rwsis ["wretchedness"], [meaning] blindness.
- τ49Ταλαίπωροςwretched[Meaning] one who/which is miserable. [The term comes] from the [verb] tlh=nai ["to endure"] and the [noun] pw=ros ["hardening"], which is a condition. Antimachus says that pw=ros is a certain condition: "they set a…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 11 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth