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Headword: Συμφορὰ
Adler number: sigma,1409
Translated headword: Fortune (good or bad)
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
[Fortune] and the being carried together at the same time. Pisides [says]: "from the immense drifting together of the snowdrifts."[1] [He is speaking] about snow.
Greek Original:
Συμφορὰ καὶ ἡ ὁμοῦ ἐπιφορά. Πισίδης: ἐκ τῆς ἀμέτρου συμφορᾶς τῶν συρμάδων. περὶ χιόνος.
Notes:
A rare usage of the headword (for which see already sigma 1407, sigma 1408) in its etymological sense.
[1] George of Pisidia, Heracliadis iii acroaseos fr.10, line 1.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry
Translated by: Robert Dyer on 17 May 2000@07:15:43.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified note; added keywords; cosmetics) on 12 September 2002@10:23:10.


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