Πέλει

comes into existence

Translated by Catharine Roth10 May 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

4 words

[Meaning he/she/it] becomes, is.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πέλει· γίνεται, ἐστίν.

Betacode

*pe/lei: gi/netai, e)sti/n.

The headword is third person singular, present indicative active of this epic/poetic verb, related to po/los and te/lomai, from the root *kwel-. Same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius pi547 Theodoridis) and cf. scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.284 and 3.3.

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