Στεγανόποδα
web-footed
Translated by Catharine Roth9 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"Web-footed animals" and "wide-taloned" is what they call the swan, the goose, the pelican, and all the family of ducks; [the ones] which happen to be water-loving.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στεγανόποδα· στεγανόποδα ζῷα λέγεται καὶ πλατυώνυχα κύκνος, χήν, πελεκὰν καὶ τὸ τῶν νηττῶν πᾶν γένος· οἷς συμβέβηκε φιλύδροις εἶναι.
Betacode
*stegano/poda: stegano/poda zw=|a le/getai kai\ platuw/nuxa ku/knos, xh/n, peleka\n kai\ to\ tw=n nhttw=n pa=n ge/nos: oi(=s sumbe/bhke filu/drois ei)=nai.
Notes
- From Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals.
cf. generally sigma 1020, sigma 1021, sigma 1023.
Linked from2 entries
- σ1020Στεγανὰ πλοῖαwatertight boats[Meaning] firm/solid [ones].
- σ1021Στεγανόνconfining, enclosing, closely-covered; surly[Meaning] dense, tightly-bound. And Diodorus [writes]: "but the Romans made closely-covered [huts] and wintered [there]." And [there is] a proverb: "in a Bacchant's manner." [Said] in reference to those who are surly…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; x-refs; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth