Τετρίγει

gibbers, squeaks

Translated by David Whitehead7 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] was shrieking, or uttered a kind of sound.1 Also [sc. attested is the related participle] tetrigui=a ["gibbering/squeaking"], [meaning] shrieking.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τετρίγει· ἔτριζεν, ἢ ποιὸν ἦχον ἀπετέλεσε. καὶ Τετριγυῖα, τρίζουσα.

Betacode
*tetri/gei: e)/trizen, h)\ poio\n h)=xon a)pete/lese. kai\ *tetrigui=a, tri/zousa. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise in the Synagoge (tau122) and Photius' Lexicon (tau197 Theodoridis), and in the D scholia to Homer, Iliad 23.714, where the headword form -- pluperfect with imperfect sense -- occurs. ↩
  2. 2Likewise in the Synagoge (tau123) and Photius' Lexicon (tau198 Theodoridis), and in the D scholia to Homer, Iliad 23.101, where this feminine participle (referring to a dead soul) occurs. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded n.2; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked note, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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