Ἀγχηστῖναι

close, in heaps

Translated by Anne Mahoney27 Mar 1999Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning] dense/tightly-packed [ones].1 Also [sc. attested is] a)gxhsti=nos, the [masculine] nominative [singular].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγχηστῖναι· πυκναί. καὶ Ἀγχηστῖνος, ἡ εὐθεῖα.

Betacode
*)agxhsti=nai: puknai/. kai\ *)agxhsti=nos, h( eu)qei=a. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.141, where the headword -- feminine nominative plural -- occurs (of sheep being killed by a lion). ↩
  2. 2Unattested outside lexica (etc.), in fact. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Apr 2015
  1. tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. another note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. modified translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Anne Mahoney

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