Ξυμβόλους
meeting-signs
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝18 Feb 2000Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
This is what they called omens through sneezes. These were dedicated to Demeter.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξυμβόλους· οὕτω τοὺς διὰ τῶν πταρμῶν οἰωνισμοὺς ἔλεγον. ἀνετίθεντο δ' οὗτοι Δήμητρι.
Betacode
*cumbo/lous: ou(/tw tou\s dia\ tw=n ptarmw=n oi)wnismou\s e)/legon. a)neti/qento d' ou(=toi *dh/mhtri.
Notes
- More from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 721: see already xi 104. (Sneezes have been mentioned in line 720.)
Linked from2 entries
- ξ104Ξύμβολον ὄρνινmeeting-sign omenThey call a [meeting-sign] an [omen]; since they used to make signs of those first meeting them and foretelling [something] from an encounter.
- σ1376Σύμβολονtoken[Meaning a] bird-portent, sign, oracular statement. It is also called su/mbolos in the masculine [gender]. "The councillor was lesser than Melampus and Polles. For these men were knowledgeable in oracular matters."
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Revision history2 revisions · last 28 Mar 2008
- more keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
- supplied headword; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝