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Headword:
Mantis
Adler number: mu,169
Translated headword: augur, mantis, seer
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Generically [sc. a priest], sacrificing priests in particular.[1]
[Note] that there is a locust slow to move and pale green, called a "mantis" [augur]; they divine auguries by noting its movements.[2]
Greek Original:Mantis, genikôs, thuoskooi hierêes eidikôs. hoti estin akris duskinêtos, chlôra, kaloumenê mantis, hêstinos prosechontes tais kinêsesi manteuontai.
Notes:
[1] The allusion is to
Homer,
Iliad 24.221, where
i(erh=es occurs in the cited epic plural: "whether of seers that divine from sacrifice (
ma/nties quosko/oi) or of priests (
i(erh=es)". The lexicographer is attempting to set up an opposition between the two terms; cf.
theta 591 (and
mu 168 already for
mantis).
[2] Repeated from
alpha 3990 (q.v.).
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 12 April 2009@23:40:20.
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