parathēráxousan

[Archimedes]

I came across parathēráxousan in a passage, taking the word as a present active singular feminine accusative participle. However, I wasn't able to find its lexical form in the latest unabridged LSJ. Anyone have a clue? Or did I overlook something? Thanks!

[renaissancemedici]

Maybe it would help if we knew the text, and the greek spelling. I couldn't find anything on that word but maybe I spell it wrong. Παραθηράχουσαν? Παραθεράχουσαν? Παρά + θήρα + έχουσαν ?

I really don't know! Sorry...

[Archimedes]

The ē is eta and the x is xi. Here is the link to the text:

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/pdf?id=mdp.39015010706169;orient=0;size=100;seq=205;attachment=0

The word is the third one in line 31; I'm trying to make sense of what is going on in lines 27-31. Also, anyone who can read cursive Geman is welcome to have at the notes at the bottom of the page. Thanks again.

[Victor]

I can't access the book in that link. Can you post a screenshot of the page?

[Archimedes]

[Archimedes]

I found this on the Perseus site where someone else has apparently transcribed/transliterated the original text a little differently, taking the word in question as parathēlázousan instead of parathēráxousan:

http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi- ... ne%3D%2368

It appears there's a string of present active feminine accusative 3rd person participles describing a slave wet nurse who doesn't spoil the milk, doesn't sleep around with men, doesn't get pregnant again, and doesn't nurse another child.

Does that sound right?

[renaissancemedici]

Aha! Yes. It sounds right.

[Lisa]

You may want to check papyri.info for the complete text:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/c.pap.gr;1;4

Lisa

[Archimedes]

You may want to check papyri.info for the complete text:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/c.pap.gr;1;4

Lisa

Thanks a million, Lisa; that beats the hell out of that handwritten transcription in the BGU.