Σῦς

hog

Translated by Catharine Roth10 Oct 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 36 words

Translation

[Meaning] a pig.1
[Note] that u(=s [ought to be used] for the female, but su=s for the male.2
But they use [the forms] indifferently: "so that you may seem to be [offspring] of a good sow."

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σῦς· ὁ χοῖρος. ὅτι ὗς ἐπὶ θηλείας, σῦς δὲ ἐπὶ ἄρρενος. κέχρηνται δὲ ἀδιαφόρως· ὅπως δὲ δόξητ' ἦμεν ἀγαθὰ συός.

Betacode
*su=s: o( xoi=ros. o(/ti u(=s e)pi\ qhlei/as, su=s de\ e)pi\ a)/rrenos. ke/xrhntai de\ a)diafo/rws: o(/pws de\ do/cht' h)=men a)gaqa\ suo/s. 

Notes (2)

  1. Entry lacking, Adler reports, in ms F.
  2. 1cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 11.293, where the headword occurs in the dative singular (web address 1). ↩
  3. 2cf. scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 741. The rest of the entry, including the quotation from this passage (text at web address 2), is taken from upsilon 670 (see note there). ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Jun 2014
  1. another note — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword; cosmeticules — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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