Στέλεχος
root-crown
Translated by Catharine Roth26 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
If [sc. ste/lexos means] the trunk, or the root, [it is derived] from "having an end" [te/los e)/xein ] or from what is "solid" [stereo/n ]; but if [it means] the upper branches of the top, [it is derived] from "being near the end" [ei)s te/los e)/xesqai ].1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στέλεχος· εἰ μὲν ὁ κορμός, ἤγουν ἡ ῥίζα, παρὰ τὸ τέλος ἔχειν ἢ παρὰ τὸ στερεόν· εἰ δὲ οἱ ἄνω τῆς κορυφῆς κλάδοι, παρὰ τὸ εἰς τέλος ἔχεσθαι.
Betacode
*ste/lexos: ei) me\n o( kormo/s, h)/goun h( r(i/za, para\ to\ te/los e)/xein h)\ para\ to\ stereo/n: ei) de\ oi( a)/nw th=s korufh=s kla/doi, para\ to\ ei)s te/los e)/xesqai.
Notes (1)
- This etymologising of the noun
ste/lexos (which has figurative senses besides this literal one: see LSJ s.v.), variously neuter or masculine, is also in Etymologicum Magnum 726.5-6.
cf. under mu 1248, pi 2243. - 1Adler notes (but does not adopt) Kuster's view that this final infinitive should be
e)/rxesqai "coming to the end." ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Jul 2014
- typo — Catharine Roth
- another note — David Whitehead
- expanded note; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth