Ῥικνά

shrivelled [ones]

Translated by David Whitehead16 Sep 2010Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

Translation

[Meaning ones that are] wrinkled, weak, dragged along.1
"In want of all food, they lay shrivelled and reduced to skeletons."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥικνά· ἐρρυτιδωμένα, ἀσθενῆ, σεσυρμένα. πάσης δὲ ἐδωδῆς ἠπορημένοι ῥικνοὶ καὶ κατεσκελετευμένοι ἔκειντο.

Betacode
*(rikna/: e)rrutidwme/na, a)sqenh=, sesurme/na. pa/shs de\ e)dwdh=s h)porhme/noi r(iknoi\ kai\ kateskeleteume/noi e)/keinto. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 5.406, from where the headword (neuter plural of this adjective) is probably quoted. ↩
  2. 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. It uses the masculine nominative plural of the adjective. ↩

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Revision history7 revisions · last 10 Jan 2022
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
  5. tweaked tr; more keywords — David Whitehead
  6. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  7. set status — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

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