Ἁλουργίς
sea-robe
Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] purple mantle. Since the rose [is] purple, Aristophanes introduced the halourgis for a wreath of roses.
Buta(lourgh/s ["sea-wrought"] [sc. is an adjective describing] clothing, [genitive] a(lourgou=s , [dative] a(lourgei= .
"Sea-wrought clothing."1
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"Sea-wrought clothing."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁλουργίς· πορφυρᾶ χλανίς. ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὸ ῥόδον πορφυροῦν, τῷ στεφάνῳ τῶν ῥόδων τὴν ἁλουργίδα ἐπήγαγεν Ἀριστοφάνης. Ἁλουργὴς δὲ ἐσθής, τῆς ἁλουργοῦς, τῇ ἁλουργεῖ. ἐσθῆτα ἁλουργῆ.
Betacode
*(alourgi/s: porfura= xlani/s. e)peidh\ de\ to\ r(o/don porfurou=n, tw=| stefa/nw| tw=n r(o/dwn th\n a(lourgi/da e)ph/gagen *)aristofa/nhs. *(alourgh\s de\ e)sqh/s, th=s a(lourgou=s, th=| a(lourgei=. e)sqh=ta a(lourgh=.
Notes (1)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 967, where the headword occurs.↩
cf. epsilon 3137, and for cognates alpha 1357, alpha 1358, alpha 1360.- 1Accusative case, presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. alpha 3909.
Linked from5 entries
- α1357Ἁλουργάsea-wrought[Meaning of] sea-purple. "The girdles, and the sea-wrought undergarment, and the Laconian robes."
- α1358Ἁλουργιαῖονsea-madeMeaning [sc. something] sea-wrought [a(lourge/s]. Antiphanes [sc. uses the word].
- α1360Ἁλουργοπωλικήsea-wrought-sellingThe so-called purple-selling [porfuropwlikh/]. Thus Isaeus [sc. uses the term].
- α3909ἈρίστιπποςAristippos, Aristippus[The name of an] associate of Socrates; charming and took pleasure in all things. It is said that when his child was carrying money and was burdened by the weight he said, "Then cast off what's weighing you down." When…
- χ334Χλανίςchlanis, mantleA soldier's garment.
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