Ἄμη
shovel
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Jul 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄμη· τεκτονικὸν ἐργαλεῖον, ὃ ἡμεῖς πυράμην λέγομεν οὐκ ὀρθῶς. καὶ παροιμία· Ἄμας ἀπῄτουν, οἱ δ' ἀπηρνοῦντο σκάφας. ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλα μὲν ἀπαιτουμένων, ἕτερα δὲ μὴ ἔχειν ἰσχυριζομένων.
Betacode
*)/amh: tektoniko\n e)rgalei=on, o(\ h(mei=s pura/mhn le/gomen ou)k o)rqw=s. kai\ paroimi/a: *)/amas a)ph/|toun, oi( d' a)phrnou=nto ska/fas. e)pi\ tw=n a)/lla me\n a)paitoume/nwn, e(/tera de\ mh\ e)/xein i)sxurizome/nwn.
Notes (2)
- LSJ entry at web address 1.↩
- 1Again at pi 3190. ↩
- 2cf. Zenobius 1.83. See already alpha 1504, where the gloss is more intelligible.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α351Ἀγρεῖφναrake, harrowA farm tool, with which they collect hay. "Alkimos [dedicated] his toothless rake and a share of a noise-loving shovel bereft of its olivewood handle."
- α1504Ἄμας ἀπῄτουν οἱ δ' ἀπηρνοῦντο σκάφαςthey were asking for shovels but the others were refusing them bowls[sc. A Saying] in reference to those who ask for some things but are told they cannot have things different from those requested.
- α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up[Meaning he] having dug up. "Having disturbed the mound and having shovelled up the earth he sought the corpse." And meaning having heaped up with his hands. "Much did your tutor mourn, having heaped up dark dust with…
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