Πρήθω
I burn, I inflate
Translated by Ronald Allen9 Dec 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The [sc. verb that means] I set on fire.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρήθω· τὸ καίω.
Betacode
*prh/qw: to\ kai/w.
Notes (1)
- The headword form -- attested only in lexica and grammars -- is the present indicative (and subjunctive) active, first person singular, of this epic/poetic verb. See generally LSJ s.v., and other forms at pi 2262 (end) and pi 2266.
- 1The headword is identically glossed by ps.-Zonaras 1585.22 and similarly glossed by ps.-Herodian, Partitiones 111.11; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 478.58. Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 1371. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π2262Πρημαινούσας τε θυέλλαςand blasting squallsAristophanes in Clouds [sc. uses the phrase]. A squall, a dense mass of wind. But prhmainou/sas ["blasting"] [means] raging, and blowing violently. For prh=sai ["to swell out by blowing"] [is] the [sc. verb that means]…
- π2266Πρῆσεto burn up, to blow up[Meaning] to set on fire. But prh=se ["he/she/it burned up, blew out"] [means] e)fu/shse ["he/she/it swelled, puffed, blew up"].
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Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented primary note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen