Ῥυσαί
wrinkled [women]
Translated by Catharine Roth17 Oct 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning sc. women] having wrinkles.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥυσαί· ῥυτίδας ἔχουσαι.
Betacode
*(rusai/: r(uti/das e)/xousai.
Notes
- The headword is an adjective in the feminine nominative plural. Same glossing in other lexica (references at Photius rho185 Theodoridis), and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 9.499. The headword actually occurs in verse 503 there (web address 1, and see pi 291), referring to the personified prayers (
*litai/ ).
cf. generally rho 304, rho 307, rho 318, rho 319.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- π291Παραβλῶπεςlooking askance[Meaning they] looking sideways. Holding the eyes turned to the side. Homer [writes]: "lame and wrinkled and both eyes looking askance."
- ρ304Ῥυσάwithering[Meaning sc. the process of] fading-away, ageing. They also say r(ush/.
- ρ307Ῥυσήματαwrinkles[Meaning] things which deface the countenances of those who have grown old.
- ρ318Ῥυτίςpuckering, shrivelling, wrinkling[Meaning] weakness. Old age. In the Epigrams: "and a rind-puckered fig with a navel-like stalk".
- ρ319Ῥύτοραprotector[Meaning a] guard. In the Epigrams: "hairnet, purple protector of hair ..." And elsewhere: "I hold Arkhaianassa the courtesan [from Kolophon]; sweet passion sits even on her wrinkles."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 30 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth