Πελιδνόν

livid

Translated by David Whitehead18 May 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

15 words

What [is] between sallowness and blackness/darkness; as if lead-like. [The term is used] in Thucydides.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πελιδνόν· τὸ μεταξὺ ὠχρότητος καὶ μελανίας· οἱονεὶ μολιβδοειδές. παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ.

Betacode

*pelidno/n: to\ metacu\ w)xro/thtos kai\ melani/as: oi(onei\ molibdoeide/s. para\ *qoukudi/dh|.

Notes

From the scholia to Thucydides 2.49.5 (web address 1), on the symptoms of the Plague in Athens; cf. already pi 945 (and generally pi 948).
For 'sallowness' cf. omega 287, omega 288, omega 289.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

π944ΠελίαςPelias π945Πελιδνόνlivid π946Πελιδνόνlivid π947Πελλίςpail π948Πελιοίlivid

Revision history5 revisions · last 19 Sep 2013

19 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2011fixed link — Catharine Roth
4 Sep 2011Revised — David Whitehead
19 May 2004augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
19 May 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
18 May 2004Translated — David Whitehead