Θρέψας

having curdled

Translated by Ioannis Doukas2 Oct 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
[Meaning he] having thickened.
In reference to milk. Homer [says]: "having curdled half of the white milk".1
Also [sc. attested is the related noun] trofh/ ["nourishment"], [meaning] that which thickens the body.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θρέψας· πήξας. ἐπὶ γάλακτος. Ὅμηρος· ἥμισυ μὲν θρέψας λευκοῖο γάλακτος. καὶ Τροφή, ἡ πηγνύουσα τὸ σῶμα.

Betacode
*qre/yas: ph/cas. e)pi\ ga/laktos. *(/omhros: h(/misu me\n qre/yas leukoi=o ga/laktos. kai\ *trofh/, h( phgnu/ousa to\ sw=ma.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is aorist active participle (masculine nominative singular) of the verb tre/fw. Same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 9.246 (see next note).
  2. 1Homer, Odyssey 9.246 (web address 1); also quoted in tau 928; in ps.-Zonaras and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. qre/yas and in Etymologicum Gudianum s.vv. trafera/ and trofali/s. ↩
  3. 2From the scholia on Homer, Odyssey 14.477, where peritre/feto occurs (web address 2). ↩

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θ475Θρεττανελώthrettaneloθ476Θρέττεthretteθ477Θρέψαςhaving curdledθ478ΘρήϊκεςThrakians, Thraciansθ479ΘρηνακίαThrenakia
Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Apr 2015
  1. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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