Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for gamma,162 in Adler number:
Greek display:    

Headword: *gew/lofon
Adler number: gamma,162
Translated headword: hillock, hummock
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning a] hill, mountain, elevation of earth; and thus they also call the man who is thick and insensitive.[1]
"For he has acquired this little lot on this pathetic hillock."[2]
Greek Original:
*gew/lofon: o)reino\n, o)/ros, u(/ywma gh=s: kalou=si d' ou(/tws kai\ to\n paxu\n kai\ a)nai/sqhton a)/nqrwpon. pe/pato ga\r ou) me/ga tou=to klhri/on e)n luprh=| th=|de gewlofi/h|.
Notes:
See LSJ s.v. for both of these senses; an instance of the first at epsilon 1620.
[1] Likewise, variously, in other lexica.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.98.5-6 (Zonas), using a feminine variant of the headword; cf. lambda 847, pi 993. On this epigram, a farmer's dedication to Demeter and the Horae, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 380-391), (vol. II, 414), and further extracts at lambda 533 and omicron 153.
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Keywords: agriculture; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; geography; imagery; poetry; religion; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 24 June 2002@16:04:33.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 25 June 2002@05:47:24.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 5 June 2012@09:39:38.
Catharine Roth (coding, keywords) on 5 September 2012@01:13:43.
David Whitehead on 27 September 2015@09:29:51.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 20 May 2017@01:14:30.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 25 June 2020@01:30:46.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords) on 23 March 2023@15:00:34.

Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)

No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search