Θοάς

swift

Translated by Ioannis Doukas27 Sep 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

[Meaning] fast movements.¹ It also denotes sharp [ones]. And Homer [says]: "I sent him verily to the swift ships".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θοάς· ταχείας ὁρμάς. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ ὀξείας. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ἐν δ' αὖ νήσοισιν ἐπιπροέηκα θοῇσιν.

Betacode

*qoa/s: taxei/as o(rma/s. shmai/nei de\ kai\ o)cei/as. kai\ *(/omhros: e)n d' au)= nh/soisin e)piproe/hka qoh=|sin.

This entry draws on the scholia (e cod. Genevensi gr. 44; see below) to Homer, Iliad 1.12 (web address 1); cf. same or similar entries in Hesychius, Photius, and elsewhere; and see Etymologicum Magnum s.v. qoh/.
1cf. theta 404. ↩
2No Homeric line corresponds exactly to this quotation. The present translator suggests Iliad 17.708 (web address 2), reading me\n dh\ instead of e)n d’ au)= and, more significantly nhusi\n ("ships") instead of nh/soisin ("islands"). Adler, however, pointed to Odyssey 15.299: e)/nqen d' au)= nh/soisin e)piproe/hke qoh|=sin. ↩

Nicole, J. (ed.), Les scolies genevoises de l’Iliade, vol. 2, Geneva 1891

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