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Αἴγλη · radiance; Aigle (αι 64) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near αι64

αι60garment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain
αι61storm
αι62Aigisthos, Aegisthus
αι63Aigisteus, Aegisteus
αι64radiance; Aigle
αι65of gleaming
αι66Aigle's Graces
αι67goat-horned; Capricorn
αι68Goat's Star

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι64

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Αἴγλη

radiance; Aigle

Translated by Robert Dyer3 Nov 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

children
comedy
daily life
definition
food
historiography
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6 notes · 50 words

Translation

[Meaning] a throw at dice,¹ brilliance, gleam.² Cratinus [sc. uses the word].³ And [sc. in so doing] he reveals [that it is] a type of round sacrificial cake, and rite of sacrifice, as Leagoras says.⁴ It is also a child's game.⁵ But the moon is also so called, and Asclepius.⁶

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἴγλη· βόλος κυβευτικός, λαμπηδών, αὐγή. Κρατῖνος. καὶ ποπάνου εἶδος δηλοῖ, καὶ θυσίαν, ὥς φησι Λεαγόρας. ἔστι καὶ παιδιά τις. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὕτω καλεῖται καὶ ὁ Ἀσκληπιός.

Betacode

*ai)/glh: bo/los kubeutiko/s, lamphdw/n, au)gh/. *krati=nos. kai\ popa/nou ei)=dos dhloi=, kai\ qusi/an, w(/s fhsi *leago/ras. e)/sti kai\ paidia/ tis. a)lla\ kai\ h( selh/nh ou(/tw kalei=tai kai\ o( *)asklhpio/s.

Notes (6)

The headword applies to the brilliant flash of light (of the sun, white cliffs, lightning, flashing eyes, ebony, etc.). It is used of Apollo Aigletes, of the Charites (Graces, whose mother is named Aigle; alphaiota 66), and of Mt. Olympus. These synonyms are given in several scholia.
1According to Lamer (1948) -- based on Hesychius and Eustathius, On the Iliad 823.28 -- this was a bad throw. For the names of other throws (beta 369) in gambling (kappa 2602), see alpha 388, mu 1036 (note [3]), pi 1384, tau 1006; and Lamer 1933ff. It is more likely that bo/los (cf. LSJ) here means either a (lightning-fast) manner of throwing the dice out of the throwing tower (see tau 7, notes [7] and [8]) or a direct hit from the tower into the cup that seems to have been used to receive the thrown dice (see phi 465), rather than the score of the dice. ↩
2cf. generally alphaiota 65, alphaiota 66. ↩
3Cratinus fr. 377 Kock, now 405 Kassel-Austin. Though this "fragment" appears to confine itself to the present headword, Cratinus should probably be taken as the subject of the following sentence also, seemingly referring to rituals and a cake in some secret cult (perhaps of Dionysus, for the word is remarkably common in Nonnus); and the verb should probably be taken to mean "reveals" or "betrays" a mystery. For poana see alpha 2082, pi 2051. ↩
4'Leagoras' is unknown. Adler, without comment, notes that L.K.Valckenaer (1715-1785) suggested the emendation Melesagoras; this is presumably the historian (A)melesagoras, FGrH 330. ↩
5Unknown. ↩
6Confused: Aigle is a daughter of Asclepius (eta 435).

References

Lamer, H. 'Lusoria tabula', RE 13 (1938) 1900-2029 (in German)

Linked from1 entry

αι66Αἴγλης ΧάριτεςAigle's GracesThey [i.e. genealogists] plausibly traced the lineage of the Graces; for Helios is also Aigle's, since he seems [to make] the Graces be bright.

Neighbouring entries

αι62ΑἴγισθοςAigisthos, Aegisthus αι63ΑἰγιστεύςAigisteus, Aegisteus αι64Αἴγληradiance; Aigle αι65Αἰγλήεντοςof gleaming αι66Αἴγλης ΧάριτεςAigle's Graces

Revision history7 revisions · last 23 Nov 2015

23 Nov 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Jan 2015coding — Catharine Roth
23 Dec 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
11 May 2012more keywords — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2009another note; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Jun 2006corrected one x-ref — David Whitehead
5 Sep 2002added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2001Translated — Robert Dyer

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἴγλη (Adler number alphaiota 64), trans. Robert Dyer, 3 Nov 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/64

Translation by Robert Dyer for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗