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Headword: *sph/lugges
Adler number: sigma,937
Translated headword: caverns
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] caves, hollows.[1] In the Epigrams: "spring-rich caverns of Nymphs, which shed so much water [...]."[2]
Greek Original:
*sph/lugges: sph/laia, koilw/mata. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: sph/lugges *numfw=n eu)pi/dakes, ai(\ to/son u(/dwr ei)/bousai.
Notes:
The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is a feminine noun in the nominative (and vocative) plural; cf. sigma 938, sigma 939, and see generally LSJ s.v. sph=lugc, -uggos.
[1] The first gloss is a neuter noun in the nominative (and vocative) plural; see generally LSJ s.v. sph/laion, and cf. the Synagoge and Photius' Lexicon s.v. sph=lugc; also epsilon 2961 (end). The second gloss is the same form, from the noun koi/lwma; see generally LSJ s.v. and cf. Hesychius s.v. sph/lugges.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.253.1-2 (Krinagoras/Crinagoras): the hunter Sosander's dedication to Hermes, Pan, and the Nymphs; cf. pi 2244, pi 2954 (end), and epsiloniota 14 (Gow and Page, vol. I, pp. 224-5; vol. II, pp. 254-5). [In her critical apparatus Adler reports that mss VM transmit to/sson, as in pi 2244 and pi 2954.]
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. I, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. II, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968
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Translated by: Ronald Allen on 5 October 2010@01:04:33.
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David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 5 October 2010@03:29:13.
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