Ὑπερθορῶν

leaping over

Translated by David Whitehead31 Jul 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

[Meaning one who is] jumping over.¹
"Unable to leap over the doors of [sc. the precinct of] Demeter, he leapt and entered the temple".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπερθορῶν· ὑπερπηδῶν. τῆς Δήμητρος οὐ δυνάμενος ὑπερθορεῖν τὰς θύρας, θορόντα δὲ ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὸ μέγαρον.

Betacode

*(uperqorw=n: u(perphdw=n. th=s *dh/mhtros ou) duna/menos u(perqorei=n ta\s qu/ras, qoro/nta de\ i)e/nai e)pi\ to\ me/garon.

1Likewise or similarly (with varied accentuation) in other lexica; and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.179, where u(perqore/ontai occurs. The actual headword is a present participle in the masculine nominative singular; it is perhaps quoted from Aeschylus, Agamemnon 827. ↩
2Aelian fr.332 Hercher, a garbled version of Herodotus' story (6.134.2) of Miltiades at the siege of Paros; cf. generally mu 1067. (What he leaps over is the perimeter fence, because he is unable to open the doors.) ↩

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