Ὑπήνη
upper-lip hair, mustache
Translated by Catharine Roth14 May 2011Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπήνη· παρὰ τὸ ὑποκάτω εἶναι, ἢ ἰέναι. τὸ δὲ πη διὰ τοῦ η, παρὰ τὸν ἥσω μέλλοντα, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵημι. ἢ ὡς εἰρήνη, γαλήνη.
Betacode
*(uph/nh: para\ to\ u(poka/tw ei)=nai, h)\ i)e/nai. to\ de\ ph dia\ tou= h, para\ to\n h(/sw me/llonta, a)po\ tou= i(/hmi. h)\ w(s ei)rh/nh, galh/nh.
Notes (2)
- For the headword, see also upsilon 427.
- 1cf. Philoxenus cited by Orion [Author, Myth] 155, whence Etymologicum Genuinum and Etymologicum Magnum. ↩
- 2Bernhardy thought this should be
hnh , but Lamer disagreed (correctly, according to Adler): see bibliography below. ↩
References
Lamer, Berliner philologische Wochenschrift 51 (1931) 1006
Linked from2 entries
- υ427Ὑπήνηhair on the upper lip[Meaning a] mustache, the chin, a beard, the hair-growth of the upper lip; but the [hair on the] lower [lip is called] pa/ppos.
- υ429Ὑπηνήτῃto a newly-mustached [youth], to a newly-bearded [youth][Meaning] to one in his prime, just growing a beard. To one still young. "To one first being newly-mustached."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 25 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth