Βοὸς κέρας
ox's horn
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Apr 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Homer [writes]: "which is set on the horn of a field-dwelling ox". For they used to prepare a tube out of an ox's horn, which they put around the hook, so that the fish did not nibble off the line.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βοὸς κέρας· Ὅμηρος· ἥτε κατ' ἀγραύλοιο βοὸς κέρας ἐμβεβαυῖα. κατεσκεύαζον γὰρ σύριγγα ἐκ κέρατος βοείου, ἣν περιετίθεσαν τῇ ὁρμιᾷ, ἵνα μὴ οἱ ἰχθύες ἀποτρώγωσι τὸ λίνον.
Betacode
*boo\s ke/ras: *(/omhros: h(/te kat' a)grau/loio boo\s ke/ras e)mbebaui=a. kateskeu/azon ga\r su/rigga e)k ke/ratos boei/ou, h(\n perieti/qesan th=| o(rmia=|, i(/na mh\ oi( i)xqu/es a)potrw/gwsi to\ li/non.