Στερίφοις
with solid [ones]
Translated by William Hutton27 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] with firm [ones], or bitter [ones].1
"If it was something extremely marshy, this [he] rendered solid with deep trenches on all sides."2
Also [sc. attested is]sterifopoiw= ["I make solid"],. the [verb that means] I confirm.3
Also [sc. attested is]sterifo/peplos ["solid-robe"], [meaning] a small robe.4
"If it was something extremely marshy, this [he] rendered solid with deep trenches on all sides."2
Also [sc. attested is]
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στερίφοις· στερεοῖς, ἢ πικροῖς. εἰ δέ τι ὑπεράγαν ἦν τελματῶδες, τοῦτο βαθείαις τάφροις στέριφον πάντῃ ἐπεδείκνυτο. καὶ Στεριφοποιῶ, τὸ ἰσχυροποιῶ. καὶ Στεριφόπεπλος, ὁ μικρὸς πέπλος.
Betacode
*steri/fois: stereoi=s, h)\ pikroi=s. ei) de/ ti u(pera/gan h)=n telmatw=des, tou=to baqei/ais ta/frois ste/rifon pa/nth| e)pedei/knuto. kai\ *sterifopoiw=, to\ i)sxuropoiw=. kai\ *sterifo/peplos, o( mikro\s pe/plos.
Notes (4)
- For other forms of the primary headword see sigma 1049 and sigma 1050.
- 1= Synagoge sigma 216, Photius sigma535 Theodoridis, which share the curious gloss
pikroi=s ('bitter') with Suda ms F, a meaning which is otherwise unattested for this headword. Mss GVM offer the variantpuknoi=s ('thick'), which Theodoridis declares correct and would certainly make better sense. Headword and glosses are dative plural, masculine or neuter. The only literary attestation for this form of the headword prior to the Suda is in Thucydides 7.36.3, the preceding passage to which has just been quoted in the previous entry (sigma 1050). In the Thucydides passage the headword occurs in hendiadys with another adjectivepa/xesi ['stout'], which may provide another option for a variant reading for the currentpikroi=s. ↩ - 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus) unidentifiable. ↩
- 3On this verb, see under sigma 1049. ↩
- 4cf. ps-Zonaras 1672.22, where this supplementary headword is defined as "she who has a small robe and garment." The word is otherwise unattested. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- σ1049Στεριφοποιοῦντεςbarren; solid[Meaning] sterile, not having given birth. Also [sc. attested is] sterifopoiou=ntes ["they solidifying"], meaning [they who are] consolidating.
- σ1050Στέριφοςbarren, solid[Meaning] sterile, and infertile. [sc. The term comes] from having a uterus that is firm [stera/n]. "He himself crossed through the marsh where he[sic] was most solid and least seen by the enemy." Also Thucydides:…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Mar 2014
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- typo, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton