Ὑσθεῖσαι
[having been] rained upon
Translated by David Whitehead19 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] soaked from rain.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑσθεῖσαι· βραχεῖσαι ἀπὸ ὑετοῦ.
Betacode
*(usqei=sai: braxei=sai a)po\ u(etou=.
Notes
- The headword is feminine nominative plural of this aorist passive participle; quoted from Herodotus, who uses it of Egyptian Thebes (a plural in the Greek); see beta 436, and again under upsilon 677.
Linked from2 entries
- υ673Ὕσαςhaving rained[Meaning] having drenched. Aelian [writes]: "then unexpectedly it rained with great violence, and terrible lightning-flashes occurred to astound [them]."
- υ677Ὕσθηςrained(?)Rain-water. Also [sc. attested is] u(/sqhsan ["were rained upon"]. Herodotus [writes]: "for at that time Thebes was rained upon, never before having been rained upon; since in Egypt it is supposed not to rain."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Dec 2013
- tweaked headword — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead