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Headword:
*(opo/teros
Adler number: omicron,474
Translated headword: whether
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] of what sort.[1]
Aristophanes in
Clouds [writes]: "whether he holds an opinion about a gnat." That is, what he thinks about and how he is minded concerning gnats. Gnats are what we call mosquitoes [
kw/nwpas].[2]
*(opo/teros: o(poi=os. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: o(po/tera th\n gnw/mhn e)/xoi peri\ th=s e)mpi/dos. toute/sti pw=s dialogi/zetai kai\ dianoei=tai peri\ tw=n e)mpi/dwn. e)mpi/des de\ ou(\s h(mei=s kw/nwpas kalou=men.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (and several Homeric
scholia); references at
Photius omicron416 Theodoridis.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 157 (web address 1), with scholion; cf.
epsilon 1020. Here the neuter plural is used adverbially.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; epic; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Amanda Aponte on 14 December 2009@23:04:28.
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