Ὕπατοι

hepatoi

Translated by David Whitehead20 Mar 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

A kind of large¹ fish, which are also called probata and prepontes.² The hake, too, could be numbered amongst them.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὕπατοι· εἶδος ἰχθύος κητώδους, οἳ καλοῦνται καὶ πρόβατα καὶ πρέποντες. ἀριθμοῖτο δὲ τούτοις καὶ ὁ ὄνος.

Betacode

*(/upatoi: ei)=dos i)xqu/os khtw/dous, oi(\ kalou=ntai kai\ pro/bata kai\ pre/pontes. a)riqmoi=to de\ tou/tois kai\ o( o)/nos.

Notes (2)

The present (plural) headword is u(/patoi, but see LSJ s.v. h(/patos (web address 1).
1Literally whale-like, cetaceous. ↩
2cf. Aelian, On Animals 9.98. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

υ166ὙπατίαHypatia υ167Ὕπατονhighest υ168Ὕπατοιhepatoi υ169Ὕπατοιconsuls υ170Ὑπ' αὐγάςat day-break, in the light of day

Revision history4 revisions · last 30 May 2016

30 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2006augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2006added link, set status — Catharine Roth
20 Mar 2006Translated — David Whitehead