Πρότριτα
for three days before
Translated by David Whitehead24 Feb 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] on the third day before.1 Thucydides in [book] 2 [uses the term]. The third [day] before the funeral.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρότριτα· τῇ τρίτῃ ἐπάνω ἡμέρᾳ. Θουκυδίδης ἐν βʹ. τὴν τρίτην πρὸ τῆς ἐκφορᾶς.
Betacode
*pro/trita: th=| tri/th| e)pa/nw h(me/ra|. *qoukudi/dhs e)n b#. th\n tri/thn pro\ th=s e)kfora=s.
Notes (1)
- Also in Photius (pi1408 Theodoridis). From Thucydides 2.34.1 (on the Athenian state funeral ceremonies of 431/0): web address 1), with the scholia thereto. See generally on this Garland 89-93.
LSJ s.v. translate this adverb as 'for three days before or for three successive days'. - 1i.e., here and again below, the 'third' by Greek inclusive reckoning; we would say the second. ↩
References
Robert Garland, The Greek Way of Death (London 1985)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, plus bibliography — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead