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Δίκελλα · fork, mattock (δ 1087) · 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 δ1087

δ1083justly (and) unjustly, rightly (and) wrongly
δ1084judgment
δ1085justifications
δ1086houses of punishment, places of judgment
δ1087fork, mattock
δ1088two-horned
δ1089lawsuit, private suit
δ1090suit
δ1091suit begat suit and hurt hurt

Suda/Δ delta/δ1087

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Δίκελλα

fork, mattock

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Apr 2005Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning a] farm implement [of that name].¹
"[For] those obtaining their livelihood not with oxen and fork, but with horse and sword."²
Also [sc. attested is the related noun] dikelli/ths ["fork-man/fork-user"].³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δίκελλα· γεωργικὸν ἐργαλεῖον. οὐ βουσὶ καὶ δικέλλῃ ποριζομένοις τὸν βίον, ἀλλ' ἵππῳ καὶ μαχαίρᾳ. καὶ Δικελλίτης.

Betacode

*di/kella: gewrgiko\n e)rgalei=on. ou) bousi\ kai\ dike/llh| porizome/nois to\n bi/on, a)ll' i(/ppw| kai\ maxai/ra|. kai\ *dikelli/ths.

Notes (2)

[1] For the headword (already under alpha 365), which etymologically denotes an implement with two prongs, see e.g. Aeschylus fr. 196; Sophocles, Antigone 250; Euripides, Phoenissae 1155. (It occurs as a gloss for makella in scholia on Lucian, Hesiodus 7; and see mu 67.)
2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
3See Lucian, Timon 8.

Linked from1 entry

α365Ἀγρίφηrake, harrow[Meaning] a fork, a farm tool with multiple protrusions.

Neighbouring entries

δ1085Δικαιώσειςjustifications δ1086Δικαιωτήριαhouses of punishment, places of judgment δ1087Δίκελλαfork, mattock δ1088Δικέραιονtwo-horned δ1089Δίκηlawsuit, private suit

Revision history7 revisions · last 9 Nov 2015

9 Nov 2015coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2012another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2011more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
11 Apr 2005cosmetics — Catharine Roth
11 Apr 2005modified headword and translation; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Apr 2005added note; set status — Antonella Ippolito
8 Apr 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δίκελλα (Adler number delta 1087), trans. Catharine Roth, 8 Apr 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1087

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