Πελιδνόν
livid
Translated by David Whitehead18 May 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] black/dark. It is also written pelitno/n , in Thucydides.1
Also [sc. attested is the related aorist passive participle]pelidnwqei=sa ["having been made livid"], [meaning] having become sallow.2
Also [sc. attested is the related present middle/passive participle]pelidnwme/nh ["turning livid"], meaning turning black.3
Also [sc. attested is the related aorist passive participle]
Also [sc. attested is the related present middle/passive participle]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πελιδνόν· μέλαν. λέγεται καὶ Πελιτνὸν παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ. καὶ Πελιδνωθεῖσα, ὠχριάσασα. καὶ Πελιδνωμένη, ἀντὶ τοῦ μελαινομένη.
Betacode
*pelidno/n: me/lan. le/getai kai\ *pelitno\n para\ *qoukudi/dh|. kai\ *pelidnwqei=sa, w)xria/sasa. kai\ *pelidnwme/nh, a)nti\ tou= melainome/nh.
Notes (3)
- 1Thus -- in Attic dialect -- in Thucydides 2.49.5, on the symptoms of the Plague in Athens (web address 1); cf. pi 946. ↩
- 2From Callimachus, Hecale fr. 374; see in full at upsilon 488. ↩
- 3Also feminine singular, but unattributable. ↩
External resources
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Revision history5 revisions · last 19 Sep 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- fixed link — Catharine Roth
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead