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Headword:
*(o
dei=na
kalo/s
Adler number: omicron,34
Translated headword: so-and-so [is] beautiful
Vetting Status: high
Translation: It was a peculiarity of lovers to write the names of their beloveds on walls or trees or leaves of trees, thus: So-and-so [is] beautiful.[1]
[Genitive] dei=nos, [accusative] dei=na, [dative] dei=ni.[2]
Greek Original:*(o dei=na kalo/s: i)/dion e)rastw=n h)=n to\ ta\ tw=n e)rwme/nwn o)no/mata gra/fein e)n toi=s toi/xois h)\ de/ndrois h)\ fu/llois de/ndrwn, ou(/tws, o( dei=na kalo/s. tou= dei=nos, to\n dei=na, tw=| dei=ni.
Notes:
[1] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 144 (web address 1), where this practice is mentioned; cf.
kappa 265.
[2] On the various attested case-forms (or lack of declension), see LSJ s.v. at web address 2.
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: botany; comedy; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 December 2003@05:14:34.
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