Ὑμέλην

barren

Translated by David Whitehead27 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

Translation

[Meaning] sterile, infertile.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑμέλην· στεῖραν, ἄγονον.

Betacode
*(ume/lhn: stei=ran, a)/gonon. 

Notes

  1. The headword is the feminine accusative singular of this adjective, evidently quoted from somewhere. (Adler suggests, on no discernible grounds, that the entry may derive from a scholion on Callimachus.)

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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note, added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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