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Headword: *boiwti/a
Adler number: beta,582
Translated headword: Boiotia, Boeotia
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Also [sc. attested is] "Boiotian nome", in reference to ones which have tranquil beginnings but end vigorously.[1]
Greek Original:
*boiwti/a. kai\ *boiw/tios no/mos, e)pi\ tw=n ta\s a)rxa\s me\n h)remai/ws e)xo/ntwn, au)=qis de\ sfodrw=s e)piginome/nwn.
Notes:
The geographical headword has no gloss. For Boiotia cf. beta 583.
[1] On the elusive musical term no/mos - melody, tune, composition, style - see generally West 215-17 and passim; and nu 478.
Reference:
M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992)
Keywords: definition; geography; meter and music
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 August 2001@08:22:53.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 30 August 2002@05:18:08.
William Hutton (cosmetics, set status) on 8 July 2003@04:38:48.
David Whitehead on 4 June 2012@06:23:58.

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