Suda On Line Search

Home
Search results for epsilon,74 in Adler number:
Greek display:    

Headword: Enkarpon
Adler number: epsilon,74
Translated headword: fruit-containing, fruitful
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Pregnant.[1] “Philippos had a liaison with Arsenoe, but then left her fruit-containing by him and took Olympias as his wife”.[2]
Greek Original:
Enkarpon: enkuon. ho de Philippos Arsenoêi homilêsas, eita ex heautou katelipen enkarpon, kai hoge tên Olumpiada agetai.
Notes:
[1] Accusative singular(s), from the quotation which follows. For the headword see generally LSJ s.v.; it normally refers to plant rather than human life.
[2] Historical quotation from an unidentifiable source (probably excerpted from a lost part of the Excerpta Constantini VII Porphyrogeniti). For Philippos II, king of Macedon in the C4 BC, see generally entry phi 354. He married the Molossian Olympias (mother of Alexander the Great) in c.357. Arsinoe (sic) was a Macedonian noblewoman.
Keywords: biography; botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; historiography; history; women
Translated by: Stefano Sanfilippo on 11 May 2005@18:27:26.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaked headword and translation; augmented note and keywords) on 12 May 2005@03:06:35.


Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)

No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search