Βουπλήξ

cattle-prod

Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Jun 2002Vetting: high8 revisions

1 note · 19 words

[Meaning an] ax(e), whip, ox-goad.¹
And elsewhere: "and a goad that pricks from behind and ox-guiding bonds of sinews."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βουπλήξ· πέλεκυς, μάστιξ, βούκεντρον. καὶ αὖθις· καὶ κέντρ' ὀπισθονυγῆ καὶ βούστροφα δεσμὰ τενόντων.

Betacode

*bouplh/c: pe/lekus, ma/stic, bou/kentron. kai\ au)=qis: kai\ ke/ntr' o)pisqonugh= kai\ bou/strofa desma\ teno/ntwn.