Ἀγνύθες

loom-weights

Translated by Catharine Roth26 Feb 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] the stones of the loom.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγνύθες· οἱ λίθοι τοῦ ἱστοῦ.

Betacode

*)agnu/qes: oi( li/qoi tou= i(stou=.

Same or similar entry in some other lexica and grammars, though with the accentuation a)gnu=qes . The word does not seem to have an Indo-European etymology, and Chantraine s.v. suggests that it may be borrowed.
LSJ entry at web address 1.