Σελάχια
selachia
Translated by Ronald Allen31 May 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Such [sc. fish] as do not have scales, for instance a sea-eel, an ox-fish, a torpedo-fish, a sting-ray: but not oviparous.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σελάχια· ὅσα λεπίδα οὐκ ἔχει, οἷον σμύραινα, βοῦς, νάρκη, τρυγών· οὐδὲ ᾠοτοκεῖ.
Betacode
*sela/xia: o(/sa lepi/da ou)k e)/xei, oi(=on smu/raina, bou=s, na/rkh, trugw/n: ou)de\ w)|otokei=.
Notes (1)
- The headword is a neuter noun in the nominative/accusative plural; cf. sigma 194 and see generally LSJ s.v.
sela/xion . The entry is evidently generated from Aristophanes of Byzantium's Epitome or its basis in Aristotle (see next note).
The term is generally in the plural, as here, and denotes the sharks and rays comprising the cartilaginous or elasmobranch fishes. - 1From Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals 1.2.1; cf. Aristotle, History of Animals 5.5 (540b17-20). [In her critical apparatus Adler reports that ms G adds, after
trugw/n (sting-ray),kai\ ta\ toiau=ta (and similar ones).] ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Nov 2014
- translated and coded titles — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen