Ῥόδος
Rhodes
Translated by David Whitehead17 Jun 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥόδος· ἡ νῆσος· ἥτις καὶ Λίνδος καλεῖται. καὶ Κολοσσαεῖς οἱ οἰκήτορες, διὰ τὸν Κολοσσόν.
Betacode
*(ro/dos: h( nh=sos: h(/tis kai\ *li/ndos kalei=tai. kai\ *kolossaei=s oi( oi)kh/tores, dia\ to\n *kolosso/n.
Notes (1)
- For Rhodes see already under rho 196, and generally OCD(4) s.v.; for Lindos (as Rhodes) see under lambda 562; and for the Colossus, kappa 1932.
- 1This assertion is also made by Eustathius; nevertheless, 'Kolossaeis' is more commonly found as the ethnikon of Phrygian Kolossai, to which St Paul sent one of his Epistles. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ρ196Ῥόδιαroses[Meaning] perfumes. Also [sc. attested is the toponym] Rhodos, [meaning] the island [of Rhodes].
- ρ197ῬόδιοςRhodian[Meaning] he [who comes] from Rhodes. Also [sc. attested is] r(o/dion ["rose"], a plant; but r(o/deios ste/fanos ["garland of roses"] [sc. illustrates another form].
- ρ203Ῥόδον ἀνεμώνῃ συγκρίνειςyou are comparing a rose to an anemone[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those juxtaposing dissimilar things. And another saying: 'you have spoken roses of me', meaning what you have said about me is roses. Aristophanes [sc. uses this]. And another…
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