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Headword:
*boufo/rtwn
Adler number: beta,476
Translated headword: of deep-laden (ones), of heavy-laden (ones)
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] of much-laden [ones]. "The commanders of the deep-laden twenty-oared [ships] dedicated [this] great rib to the spirits."[1]
Greek Original:*boufo/rtwn: polufo/rtwn. me/ga pleuro\n a)nh=yan dai/mosi boufo/rtwn koi/ranoi ei)koso/rwn.
Notes:
The headword adjective is genitive plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. For its
bou- prefix cf. e.g.
beta 422,
beta 454.
[1]
Greek Anthology 6.222.3-4 (
Theodoridas), sailors dedicate the rib of a scolopendra that washed ashore; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (192), vol. II (540), and further excerpts from this epigram at
epsilon 37 and
kappa 2635. For the scolopendra -- a kind of maritime millipede, but of monstrous size in the legends of mariners -- see
sigma 646 and Gow and Page vol. I (74).
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 June 2002@12:23:04.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 12 June 2002@04:36:52.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 13 June 2011@03:37:59.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 3 June 2012@06:22:10.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 4 July 2012@21:33:16.
David Whitehead on 23 September 2015@08:04:18.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after consultation with Managing Editor Catharine Roth; expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references) on 4 July 2022@14:33:51.
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