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Βωμοί · pedestals, plinths, stands (β 493) · Suda

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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 β493

β489altar-ambusher
β490altar-ambusher
β491bomos, bomon
β492altar; podium
β493pedestals, plinths, stands
β494ox
β495Bônos, Bonus
β496herders
β497grunting-fish, box

Suda/Β beta/β493

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Βωμοί

pedestals, plinths, stands

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

architecture
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic
science and technology

1 note · 5 words

Translation

Thus they call bases,¹ beds.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βωμοί· οὕτως λέγονται αἱ βάσεις, στιβάδες.

Betacode

*bwmoi/: ou(/tws le/gontai ai( ba/seis, stiba/des.

Notes (1)

See beta 492 for a more specialized meaning, and cf. also beta 491.
1cf. Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (but accusative plurals, not the Suda's nominative).

Neighbouring entries

β491Βωμόνbomos, bomon β492Βωμόςaltar; podium β493Βωμοίpedestals, plinths, stands β494Βῶνox β495ΒῶνοςBônos, Bonus

Revision history5 revisions · last 3 Apr 2015

3 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
3 Jun 2012expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
23 Sep 2001augmented headword; added note — David Whitehead
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22 Sep 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βωμοί (Adler number beta 493), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 22 Sep 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/493

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