Ψίδωνες
psidones
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Jan 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] slanderers, whisperers.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ψίδωνες· διάβολοι, ψίθυροι.
Betacode
*yi/dwnes: dia/boloi, yi/quroi.
Notes
- Likewise already in Hesychius, where however this nominative plural is spelled
yido/nes . Otherwise attested, in any spelling and form, only in lexica and grammars. See Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 p.413 on Aristophanes fr. 921.
For 'whisperers' cf. psi 98, psi 99.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Dec 2014
- augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth