Ἁλουργοπωλική
sea-wrought-selling
Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 May 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁλουργοπωλική· ἡ πορφυροπωλικὴ λεγομένη. οὕτως Ἰσαῖος.
Betacode
*(alourgopwlikh/: h( porfuropwlikh\ legome/nh. ou(/tws *)isai=os.
Notes (2)
- cf. generally alpha 1357, alpha 1358, alpha 1359. The present headword is feminine nominative singular of this adjective, either attached to or implying a noun such as↩
te/xnh .- 1The words "by us", in the equivalent entry in Harpokration, are omitted here ["what we call..."]; the point is that "purple-selling" is the more commonplace word of the two. ↩
- 2Isaeus fr. 38 Sauppe.
References
On purple, derived from shellfish, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.1242-3).
Linked from3 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].
- α1359Ἁλουργίςsea-robe[Meaning a] purple mantle. Since the rose [is] purple, Aristophanes introduced the halourgis for a wreath of roses. But a(lourgh/s ["sea-wrought"] [sc. is an adjective describing] clothing, [genitive] a(lourgou=s,…
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