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Headword:
Eibesthai;
Adler number: epsiloniota,14
Translated headword: to shed
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to weep, to drip.[1] Also [sc. attested is the related active indicative] ei)/bei ["sheds"], [meaning he/she/it] drips.[2]
"Caves of the Nymphs, rich in springs, which shed so much water down this crooked well."[3]
Greek Original:Eibesthai; dakruein, stazein. kai Eibei, stazei. spêlunges Numphôn eupidakes, hai toson hudôr eibousai skoliou toude kata phreatos.
Notes:
[1] Same entry in
Photius (epsilon178) and other lexica. If the headword, a middle infinitive, is quoted from somewhere, it is not independently attested.
[2] Same entry in
Photius (epsilon177) and other lexica; generated by
ei)/bei in
Homer,
Iliad 19.323.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.253.1-2 (Krinagoras); cf.
pi 2244,
pi 2954,
sigma 937. Find further extracts from this epigram at
kappa 211 and
pi 1671.
Translated by: William Hutton on 20 October 2003@15:54:50.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added x-refs; cosmetics) on 21 October 2003@02:59:21.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics) on 22 November 2012@08:15:36.
Ronald Allen (added cross references n.3) on 22 September 2022@00:49:42.
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