Ζαθέη

very holy

Translated by Anne Mahoney6 Nov 1999Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 15 words

Translation

[Meaning] extremely holy.1
Also [sc. attested is the genitive plural] zaqe/wn ["of very holy [places]".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζαθέη· ἄγαν θεία. καὶ Ζαθέων.

Betacode
*zaqe/h: a)/gan qei/a. kai\ *zaqe/wn. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword adjective is a single word in the Greek, in the feminine nominative singular: LSJ entry at web address 1.
  2. 1From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.38, where the headword occurs (of Killa, a holy place); cf. Hesychius zeta17. ↩
  3. 2Evidently quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities in several poetic genres. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Dec 2012
  1. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  2. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Anne Mahoney

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