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Headword: Πάγοι
Adler number: pi,16
Translated headword: crags
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The protrusions of rocks and of mountains.[1]
"Grottoes and a sacred hill of [the] Nymphs, together with the springs under a rock and the pine tree which is neighbour to waters."[2]
Greek Original:
Πάγοι: αἱ ἐξοχαὶ τῶν πετρῶν καὶ τῶν ὀρῶν. αὔλια καὶ Νυμφῶν ἱερὸς πάγος, αἵ θ' ὑπὸ πέτρῃ πίδακες ἥ θ' ὕδασι γειτονέουσα πίτυς.
Notes:
cf. pi 15.
[1] Similarly glossed in other lexica, and in a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 5.405 (where this nominative plural occurs).
[2] Greek Anthology 6.334.1-2. According to Greek mythology Pan fell in love with a Nymph called Πίτυς (i.e. Pine), who was turned into a pine tree in order to escape him.
Keywords: botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; mythology; poetry; religion
Translated by: Ekaterini Tsalampouni on 8 May 2009@17:09:37.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (supplied headword translation, tweaks, keywords, status) on 9 May 2009@00:39:45.
David Whitehead (x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 10 May 2009@04:04:51.
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