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Headword:
*ai)pu/
Adler number: alphaiota,274
Translated headword: lofty
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning something] high, large.[1]
"[Phoebus], holding the lofty hill of
Leukas, seen from far by sailors."[2]
"And you, Helios, who drive your chariot up the sky, when you see the land of my fathers, draw in your golden reins and tell my disasters [...]."[3]
*ai)pu/: u(yhlo/n, me/ga. *leuka/dos ai)pu\n e)/xwn nau/tais thle/skopon o)/xqon. su\ d' o( to\n ou)rano\n difrhlatw=n h(/lie, patrw/|an th\n e)mh\n o(/tan xqo/na i)/dh|s, e)pisxw\n xruso/nwton h(ni/an a)/ggeilon a)/tas ta\s e)ma/s.
Notes:
[1] From the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 2.603, where the headword (neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective) appears. See also
alphaiota 276,
alphaiota 277.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.251.1 (Philip), seafarers pray to Apollo for fair winds; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 300-303); (vol. II, 335); and further excerpts from this epigram at
beta 527,
delta 126,
omicron 158, and
chi 205. For the island of
Leukas (Leucas), see
lambda 317. The temple of Apollo Leucatas was located on a promontory extending from the southern coast of the island; cf. Barrington Atlas map 54 grid C4 and Gow and Page (vol. II, 335).
[3]
Sophocles,
Ajax 845-8 (web address 1); cf.
delta 1292,
epsilon 2655.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; imagery; poetry; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 26 February 2003@00:54:58.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 26 February 2003@03:32:04.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 16 May 2012@05:10:58.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 17 May 2012@00:37:17.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 30 November 2015@03:26:51.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added map reference) on 29 November 2022@23:15:15.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 29 November 2022@23:21:19.
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