Talk:ἀάατος

@Barytonesis, would you mind sticking in an actual quote for this entry? It's technically cited, but a quote is nice before running it as a FWOTD. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 00:12, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Metaknowledge: Done, but I'm running into formatting problems again + the quote might be a bit long + there's another translation that might be clearer:

"So spake she, and Sleep waxed glad, and made answer saying: “Come now, swear to me by the inviolable water of Styx, and with one hand lay thou hold of the bounteous earth, and with the other of the shimmering sea, that one and all they may be witnesses betwixt us twain, even the gods that are below with Cronos, [275] that verily thou wilt give me one of the youthful Graces, even Pasithea, that myself I long for all my days.”" (A.T. Murray, 1924).

--Barytonesis (talk) 11:49, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Barytonesis: Yeah, for the sake of this word, I'd probably take Murray. What exactly are your formatting problems? —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 16:31, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Metaknowledge: Have a look at the quotation, it's ugly as hell and there's a line missing. And I'm trying to link to Ιλιάς/Ξ, but no luck. --Barytonesis (talk) 20:40, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

@Barytonesis: It's linking to it now. Module:Quotations/grc/data is the backend for the template, which shows how each source's link is formatted automagically. —Aryaman ^{(मुझसे बात करो)} 20:55, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

an alternative version

ἀάατος <- *n̥seh₂wn̥tos - "having no sunlight" "the juncture ἀάατος Στυγὸς ὕδωρ in the archaic oath formula can now be understood as ― the sunless water of the Styx" From https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nikolaev/files/nikolaev_homeric_aaatos.pdf