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Headword:
*)epi/skion
Adler number: epsilon,2580
Translated headword: shading
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Sophocles [writes]: "[...] the lord himself holding a hand shading the eyes in front his head, as if some frightful thing had appeared, unbearable to behold."[1]
Greek Original:*)epi/skion: *sofoklh=s: a)/nakta d' au)to\n o)mma/twn e)pi/skion xei=r' a)nte/xonta krato/s, w(s deinou= tinos fo/bou fane/ntos ou)d' a)nasxetou= ble/pein.
Notes:
The unglossed headword, evidently extracted from the quotation, is neuter singular of the adjective
e)pi/skios. (Used here in an active sense; can also mean shaded -- see LSJ s.v.)
[1]
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 1650-52 (web address 1).
Web address 1
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; mythology; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: William Hutton on 1 December 2007@07:40:55.
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