Ἁλοῆος
thresher(?)
Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Thresher(?)] and threshing.1
Also [sc. attested is]a(lohto/s ["threshing-time"], the height of summer.
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁλοῆος καὶ Ἁλοάων. καὶ Ἁλοητός, ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ θέρους.
Betacode
*(aloh=os kai\ *(aloa/wn. kai\ *(alohto/s, o( kairo\s tou= qe/rous.
Notes
- [1] The primary headword,
a(loh=os , is otherwise unattested. For the secondary one, already alpha 1305.
Linked from6 entries
- α1305ἈλοάωνthreshingAlso [sc. attested is] a)loa/santa ["him having threshed"]; Pherecrates said a)loa/santa with an alpha; "at once to alienate with draught horses the man who had threshed." But to cut with blows [is] a)loh=sai with an…
- α1330ἈλοῶI thresh, smite, drive around, smashThe [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. Or…
- α1368Ἅλωthreshing-floorThe nominative [is] a(/lw. For the a(/lws [version is] a modern mistake.
- α1372ἉλῶαHaloaIt is an Attic festival. Philochorus says it was named from the fact that men in those days spent their time on the threshing floors [halos].
- α1373Ἁλωάςthreshing-floors, orchards[sc. The same as] a(lwni/ai, the places where grain is threshed. It is also tree-bearing ground. [The noun] a(lw|h/ [comes] from the [verb] a(loiw= with an iota. "Wasting Oeneus' orchard." But [sc. the headword] a(lwa/s…
- α1378Ἁλωήthreshing-floor, field, orchard[Meaning a] corn-bearing area; but a)lo/h [sc. with omicron is different]. [Namely] the unguent.
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- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword — Catharine Roth
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- betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict