Παλαιφάτου

long-spoken-of

Translated by Antonella Ippolito6 Mar 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

11 words

Antique, and ancient; about which they told legends from earliest times.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλαιφάτου· παλαιᾶς, καὶ ἀρχαίας· περὶ ἧς ἔφασαν ἔκπαλαι μύθους.

Betacode

*palaifa/tou: palaia=s, kai\ a)rxai/as: peri\ h(=s e)/fasan e)/kpalai mu/qous.

Notes

An Homeric gloss: see the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 19.163, where this adjective palai/fatos in the feminine genitive singular refers to an oak (web address 1). Likewise or similarly in other lexica: references at Photius pi54 Theodoridis.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π71ΠαλαίφατοςPalaiphatos, Palaephatus π72ΠαλαίφατοςPalaiphatos, Palaephatus π73Παλαιφάτουlong-spoken-of π74Παλεόςaddled π75Παλεῦσαιto decoy, to entrap to wrestle, to wrestle

Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Sep 2013

13 Sep 2013supplemented note — Catharine Roth
11 Aug 2013expanded note — David Whitehead
26 Aug 2011expanded note — David Whitehead
7 Mar 2006tweaked headword, translation, note; more keywords — David Whitehead
6 Mar 2006cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
6 Mar 2006Translated — Antonella Ippolito