Χρυσοεψητεῖον
gold-smeltery
Translated by David Whitehead4 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a place] where they cast and smelt the gold.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χρυσοεψητεῖον· ἔνθα χωνεύουσι καὶ ἕψουσι τὸν χρυσόν.
Betacode
*xrusoeyhtei=on: e)/nqa xwneu/ousi kai\ e(/yousi to\n xruso/n.
Notes
- The headword, a very rare neuter noun (not in LSJ), is attested only here in this form; elsewhere as
xruseyhtei=on .
cf. very generally chi 430.