Θέρεια

summertime

Translated by Ryan Stone19 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning] the period of summer.1
Polybius [writes]: "the Carthaginians, for the approaching summertime, set sail with three hundred ships."2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'summertime season.'3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θέρεια· τοῦ θέρους ὁ καιρός. Πολύβιος· οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι εἰς τὴν ἐπιφερομένην θέρειαν ἀνήχθησαν τριακοσίαις ναυσί. καὶ Θέρειος ὥρα.

Betacode
*qe/reia: tou= qe/rous o( kairo/s. *polu/bios: oi( de\ *karxhdo/nioi ei)s th\n e)piferome/nhn qe/reian a)nh/xqhsan triakosi/ais nausi/. kai\ *qe/reios w(/ra.  

Notes (3)

  1. 1cf. Etymologicum Magnum 446.57, where a very similar gloss is applied to the phrase qe/reios w(/ra ('summertime season') mentioned later in the current entry. ↩
  2. 2A garbled quotation of Polybius 1.25.7 (web address 1); in the original the Romans are the subject of this particular clause. ↩
  3. 3For example, Heraclitus, Allegories 9.2.4; Aelian, On the Nature of Animals 8.22. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Nov 2018
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes, cosmetics — William Hutton
  4. tweaked headword, translation, and n. 1, added link and keywords — William Hutton
  5. Translated — Ryan Stone

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