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Ἁλυσείδιον · chain-mail (α 1438) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α1434shunning
α1435to shun, to escape
α1436I am beside myself
α1437more sorrowless, rather sorrowless
α1438chain-mail
α1439chain
α1440necklace
α1441unprofitable
α1442to avoid

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Ἁλυσείδιον

chain-mail

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Jun 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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10 words

Translation

[Chain-mail]; and [sc. also attested is the phrase] 'chain-mail corslet'.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁλυσείδιον· καὶ Ἁλυσειδωτὸς θώραξ.

Betacode

*(alusei/dion: kai\ *(aluseidwto\s qw/rac.

Notes

There are two corresponding entries, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
For chain-mail corslets see e.g. Polybius 6.23.15, Diodorus Siculus 5.30.3, Strabo 3.3.6. There and in general the adjective and its cognate headword are more usually a(lusi-.

Linked from1 entry

α1439Ἅλυσιςchain[a(/lusis, genitive] a(lu/sews.

Neighbouring entries

α1436ἈλύωI am beside myself α1437Ἀλυπότεροςmore sorrowless, rather sorrowless α1438Ἁλυσείδιονchain-mail α1439Ἅλυσιςchain α1440Ἁλύσιονnecklace

Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Jun 2015

14 Jun 2015 — David Whitehead
11 Feb 2012another note and keyword — David Whitehead
4 Jul 2002augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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10 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἁλυσείδιον (Adler number alpha 1438), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1438

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗