Σεμνά

august [things]

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Apr 2011Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning] those which are honorable, and venerable.1 "In accordance with a certain oracle he came bringing gods' sacred [objects] as august provisions for the migration." Aelian [writes this] in On Providence.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σεμνά· τὰ τίμια, καὶ σεβάσμια. κατά τι πυθόχρηστον ἧκε θεῶν κομίζων ἱερὰ ἐς τὴν μετοίκησιν σεμνὰ ἐφόδια. Αἰλιανὸς ἐν τῷ Περὶ προνοίας.

Betacode
*semna/: ta\ ti/mia, kai\ seba/smia. kata/ ti puqo/xrhston h(=ke qew=n komi/zwn i(era\ e)s th\n metoi/khsin semna\ e)fo/dia. *ai)liano\s e)n tw=| *peri\ pronoi/as. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, possibly (though not necessarily) extracted from the quotation given, is neuter nominative/accusative plural of the adjective semno/s; cf. sigma 222, sigma 224, sigma 227.
  2. 1For the first of these glossing terms cf. Hesychius s.v. semnh/; for the second, cf. Hesychius s.v. septa/. ↩
  3. 2Aelian fr. 13 Domingo-Forasté (13 Hercher). ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 23 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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