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Headword: Ξούθη
Adler number: xi,79
Translated headword: vibrant
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Most/very comely.[1]
"Striking a sweet tune from vibrant wings, you [cricket] will not delight me as I recline beneath the shading foliage."[2]
Greek Original:
Ξούθη: εὐμορφοτάτη. οὐδέ με κεκλιμένον σκιερὴν ὑπὸ φυλλάδα τέρψεις, ξουθῶν ἐκ πτερύγων ἡδὺ κρέκουσα μέλος.
Notes:
[1] Feminine vocative singular of this elusive adjective (for which see also xi 80, xi 81). From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 676, where it appears (of Prokne the Nightingale): text at web address 1.
[2] Greek Anthology 7.192.3.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; meter and music; poetry; zoology
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 18 February 2000@08:22:24.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, keywords) on 3 June 2002@00:27:17.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 3 June 2002@04:21:24.
Catharine Roth (added cross-references and link) on 3 June 2002@17:28:03.
Catharine Roth on 3 June 2002@17:28:54.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics; raised status) on 16 December 2007@07:42:42.
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