Ῥυσά

withering

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Oct 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 11 words

Translation

[Meaning sc. the process of] fading-away, ageing.1
They also say r(ush/.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥυσά· ἡ μάρανσις, ἡ γήρασις. λέγεται καὶ Ῥυσή.

Betacode
*(rusa/: h( ma/ransis, h( gh/rasis. le/getai kai\ *(rush/. 

Notes (2)

  1. Headword and glosses are feminine abstract nouns.
    cf. generally rho 305, rho 307, rho 318.
  2. 1Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius rho184, where Theodoridis suggests that the headword comes from Euripides, Supplices 49-50. ↩
  3. 2Something similar, according to Adler ('cf.'), in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. expanded primary note, for clarity — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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