Πρὸς οἰωνοῦ
in accordance with a [favorable] omen
Translated by Catharine Roth12 Sep 2013Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"He regarding it as [in accordance with a favorable omen] to set up quarters in an enemy palisade ..."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρὸς οἰωνοῦ δεξιοῦ τιθέμενος ἐν πολεμίῳ χάρακι σταθμεῦσαι.
Betacode
*pro\s oi)wnou= deciou= tiqe/menos e)n polemi/w| xa/raki staqmeu=sai.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed headword phrase is simply the first two words of the quotation.
- 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. For the verb
staqmeu/w , see sigma 987; for birds as omens, see e.g. mu 821, omicroniota 161. The phrasepro\s oi)wnou= occurs at epsilon 2619. ↩
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- Translated — Catharine Roth