Ἀρρίχους
hampers
Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Jul 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Feminine, ta\s a)rri/xous [accusative plural], [from the nominative singular] h( a)rri/xh . But some explain [it as a] basket. It should therefore be considered to be out of the same type, but something different. They still say, even now, that hampers are a type of box.
Hampers [are] a type of basket, which they used to pull up on cords.1
Hampers [are] a type of basket, which they used to pull up on cords.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀρρίχους· θηλυκῶς, τὰς ἀρρίχους, ἡ ἀρρίχη. ἐξηγοῦνται δέ τινες κόφινον. ἡγητέον οὖν ἐκ μὲν τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους εἶναι, διάφορον δέ τι. λέγουσι δὲ καὶ νῦν ἔτι σωράκων τι εἶδος ἀρρίχους. ὅτι αἱ ἀρρίχαι εἶδος κοφίνων, οὓς εἰώθασι διὰ σχοινίων ἀνιμᾶν.