Χλιδόνας

bangles

Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Meaning] ornaments around the arms. They are [sc. also] called 'armlets' [braxio/lia].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χλιδόνας· κόσμους περὶ τοὺς βραχίονας. καλοῦνται δὲ βραχιόλια.

Betacode

*xlido/nas: ko/smous peri\ tou\s braxi/onas. kalou=ntai de\ braxio/lia.

Headword (presumably quoted from somewhere) and primary gloss are accusative plural. Similar entry already in Hesychius s.v. xli/dwnes, and same one in Lexica Segueriana 416.3.