Ξουθῆς
vibrant
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝18 Feb 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "through my vibrant jaw I reveal to Pan the holy melodies of songs."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξουθῆς· Ἀριστοφάνης· δι' ἐμῆς γένυος ξουθῆς μελέων Πανὶ νόμους ἱεροὺς ἀναφαίνω.
Betacode
*couqh=s: *)aristofa/nhs: di' e)mh=s ge/nuos couqh=s mele/wn *pani\ no/mous i(erou\s a)nafai/nw.
Notes (1)
- 1Aristophanes, Birds 744-745 (web address 1). On this "problematical adj., of unknown etymology and uncertain meaning" see Dunbar 206 (on line 214, where it also occurs). It appears to imply sound and/or rapid movement. See also xi 79 & xi 81. ↩
References
Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar (Oxford 1995)
M.S. Silk, Classical Quarterly 33 (1983) 303-330, at 317-19 (on xouthos as an "iconym", i.e. a word which had lost its precise denotation(s) and preserved only associations)
M.S. Silk, Classical Quarterly 33 (1983) 303-330, at 317-19 (on xouthos as an "iconym", i.e. a word which had lost its precise denotation(s) and preserved only associations)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ξ79Ξούθηvibrant[Meaning] most/very comely. "Striking a sweet tune from vibrant wings, you [cricket] will not delight me as I recline beneath the shading foliage."
- ξ81Ξουθόνvibrant; tawny[Meaning] light, dry, silvery, blond, beautiful, dense, sharp, swift; but some [take it as] mottled, attractive, translucent. "Just like a tawny gryphon shaking its crests."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Jun 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, link — Catharine Roth
- added headword and keywords; augmented notes and bibliography — David Whitehead
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝