Ἀναδέσμην

headband, headdress

Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 Mar 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

11 words

Something similar to a diadem; or a mitre for the head.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀναδέσμην· ὅμοιόν τι διαδήματι· ἢ μίτραν κεφαλῆς.

Betacode

*)anade/smhn: o(/moio/n ti diadh/mati: h)\ mi/tran kefalh=s.

Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The feminine headword, in the accusative case, is quoted from Homer, Iliad 22.469; cf. the scholia there.