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Headword:
*loga/des
Adler number: lambda,635
Translated headword: whites of the eye
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the eyes.[1]
In the Epigrams: "Indian hyacinth has the grace of sparkling splendour, but a far feebler one than the whites of your eyes."[2]
Greek Original:*loga/des: oi( o)fqalmoi/. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: *)indw/|h d' u(a/kinqos e)/xei xa/rin ai)/qopos ai)/glhs, a)lla\ tew=n loga/dwn poulu/ g' a)faurote/rhn.
Notes:
See generally LSJ s.v.
loga/s (B).
[1] cf. Orion [
Author,
Myth],
Etymologicum lambda92;
Etymologicum Magnum 572.36 (citing a fragment of
Callimachus);
scholia to
Nicander,
Theriaca 292.
[2]
Greek Anthology 5.270.5-6 (Paul the Silentiary). Here 'hyacinth' is not the flower but the blue-white precious stone; see LSJ s.v., B.II. See further quotes from this epigram at
alpha 2999,
epsilon 1172, and
kappa 1428.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 June 2009@05:52:01.
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