Ὑπερβερεταῖος

Hyperberetaios, Hyperberetaeus

Translated by David Whitehead20 Mar 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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According to Macedonians [this is] a name of a month. [Equivalent to] October.
And [there is] a proverb: 'Hyperberetaios', in reference to the overdue; for amongst Macedonians the last month of the year was listed as Hyperberetaios.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπερβερεταῖος· κατὰ Μακεδόνας, ὄνομα μηνός. ὁ Ὀκτώβριος. καὶ παροιμία· Ὑπερβερεταῖος, ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπερχρονίων εἴρηται· παρὰ γὰρ Μακεδόσιν ὁ τελευταῖος μὴν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ Ὑπερβερεταῖος ἀνεγράφη.

Betacode

*(uperberetai=os: kata\ *makedo/nas, o)/noma mhno/s. o( *)oktw/brios. kai\ paroimi/a: *(uperberetai=os, e)pi\ tw=n u(perxroni/wn ei)/rhtai: para\ ga\r *makedo/sin o( teleutai=os mh\n tou= e)niautou= *(uperberetai=os a)negra/fh.

Notes (1)

For the Macedonian months see generally N.G.L.Hammond and G.T.Griffith, A History of Macedonia, 2 (Oxford 1979) 48.
1cf. Zenobius 6.30 and other paroemiographers. ↩

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ξ6ΞανθικόςXanthikosA name of a month among Macedonians. [Equivalent to] April.

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υ237Ὑπερβασίαςtransgressions υ238ὙπερβαίνωI cross, I contravene, I exceed υ239ὙπερβερεταῖοςHyperberetaios, Hyperberetaeus υ240Ὑπερβίηoverbearingness υ241Ὑπέρβιονwith overwhelming strength

Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Nov 2013

21 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
21 Mar 2006added notes — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2006added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
20 Mar 2006Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (1)

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