Τρέφεσθαι
to be bred
Translated by Amanda Aponte28 Sep 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to be made solid, to be made firm. Concerning [the] soul [Plato writes]: "is it then [i.e. when heat and cold produce fermentation] that living creatures are bred together?"1 Meaning are made firm, are made solid. Homer [writes]: "having thickened half of the white milk".2 But mainly [it refers to] running for one's life, as if a race. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "a great swollen wave".3 [Meaning] one made thick, made firm.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τρέφεσθαι· πήγνυσθαι, συνίστασθαι. Περὶ ψυχῆς· τότε δὴ τὰ ζῷα συντρέφεται. ἀντὶ τοῦ συνίσταται, πήγνυται. Ὅμηρος· ἥμισυ μὲν θρέψας λευκοῖο γάλακτος. πολλὸν δέ, τὸ τρέχειν τὸν περὶ ψυχῆς. οἷον δρόμον. καί, πολλὸν δὲ τρόφι κῦμα. τεθραμμένον, συνιστάμενον.
Betacode
*tre/fesqai: ph/gnusqai, suni/stasqai. *peri\ yuxh=s: to/te dh\ ta\ zw=|a suntre/fetai. a)nti\ tou= suni/statai, ph/gnutai. *(/omhros: h(/misu me\n qre/yas leukoi=o ga/laktos. pollo\n de/, to\ tre/xein to\n peri\ yuxh=s. oi(=on dro/mon. kai/, pollo\n de\ tro/fi ku=ma. teqramme/non, sunista/menon.
Notes (3)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Amanda Aponte