Πάραυλος

nearby, outdoors

Translated by William Hutton26 Jul 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 35 words
[Meaning] that which is in the countryside.1 Or pa/raulos: [sc. something feminine] extending along. Or nearby: beside the courtyard. Or dirge-like: along with the pipes.2 Sophocles [writes]: "whose nearby shout came out of the glen?"3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πάραυλος· ὁ ἐν ἀγροῖς. ἢ Πάραυλος, παρατεταμένη. ἢ ἐγγύς· παρὰ τὴν αὐλήν. ἢ θρηνητική· παρὰ τοὺς αὐλούς. Σοφοκλῆς· τίνος βοὴ πάραυλος ἐξέβη νάπους.

Betacode
*pa/raulos: o( e)n a)groi=s. h)\ *pa/raulos, paratetame/nh. h)\ e)ggu/s: para\ th\n au)lh/n. h)\ qrhnhtikh/: para\ tou\s au)lou/s. *sofoklh=s: ti/nos boh\ pa/raulos e)ce/bh na/pous.

Notes (3)

  1. 1From the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 785, where pa/raulon occurs (web address 1). ↩
  2. 2These are hypothetical etymologies of the headword, deriving it from para- ('alongside') and au)lh/ ('courtyard') or au)loi/ ('(musical) pipes'). ↩
  3. 3Sophocles, Ajax 892 (web address 2), with comments from the scholia. ↩

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π478Παρατυχόνhappening to be within one's powerπ479Παραυδήσαςhaving consoledπ480Πάραυλοςnearby, outdoorsπ481Παραυτόθενinstanterπ482Παράφοροςborne aside, carried away, insane
Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Jun 2021
  1. added links — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note; tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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