[B-Greek] translation for O POPOI ??
Vasile Stancu
stancu.c.vasile at gmail.com
Thu Jan 13 04:10:20 EST 2011
In a French ethymological dictionary of 1920, the word 'houppe' is
related to 'opopoi' - the cry of a bird as spelled by Aristophanes.
See:
http://web.clicknet.ro/vasile.stancu/greaca_altele_files/opopoi%20-%20houppe_fr.jpg
In a Greek - Romanian dictionary of 1864, the following definition is given:
πόποι, ποποῖ, interjection: groaning/lamentation. Usually ὢ πόποι, or,
acc. to others, ὦ πόποι = ὦ θεοί = O, gods (who, in the language of
the Dryopians, were called πόποι).
Vasile Stancu
2011/1/13 Shirley Rollinson <rollinsondr at yahoo.com>:
> Yassas Y'all
> Could Jack or David, or anyone else, come up with a good translation for O POPOI ?
> The dictionaries suggest "Alas. alack, woe is me" etc. - But it's used by a rough tough Bronze Age soldier facing certain death (Hector) - not by a prim and proper Victorian lady.
> My students came up with a range of (unprintable) equivalents - but does anyone know what a POPOS really was ?
> thank you
> Shirley Rollinson
> New Mexico (just 10 miles from Texas)
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