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Δείκελον · image (δ 307) · 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

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δ303I display
δ304I frighten
δ305I fear
δ306in the afternoon, in the evening
δ307image
δ308images
δ309showing
δ310pitiable
δ311pitiable

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Δείκελον

image

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Sep 2002Vetting: high7 revisions

art history
clothing
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1 note · 32 words

Translation

[Meaning a] portrait.
Sculpture or likeness.
In the Epigrams: "looking upon the image of tower-bearing Rheia."¹
*dei/knumi/ soi and deiknu/w soi ["I show to you"]; [both variants are used] with a dative.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δείκελον· εἴδωλον. ἄγαλμα ἢ ὁμοίωμα. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· Ῥείης πυργοφόρου δείκελον εἰσοράων. Δείκνυμί σοι καὶ Δεικνύω σοι· δοτικῇ.

Betacode

*dei/kelon: ei)/dwlon. a)/galma h)\ o(moi/wma. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: *(rei/hs purgofo/rou dei/kelon ei)sora/wn. *dei/knumi/ soi kai\ *deiknu/w soi: dotikh=|.

Notes (1)

Same material, variously, in other lexica. See also delta 308, for an alternative spelling of the headword.
1Greek Anthology 5.260.2 (Paul the Silentiary); cf. pi 3203 and, for the epithet, delta 426. For Rhe(i)a see rho 83. Find further quotes from this epigram, wherein the poet compares his lover's headdress to Rhea's mural crown, at epsilon 1658 and kappa 1273.

Linked from2 entries

δ308Δείκηλαimages[Meaning] representations, likenesses. The [syllable] dei [is a] diphthong. Properly [this is] the likeness and image of Zeus, but through a misuse of language [it can be] any likeness.
δ309Δεικνύνταshowing['Showing'] and 'to show' and '[she] showing'.

Neighbouring entries

δ305ΔείδωI fear δ306Δειελινόνin the afternoon, in the evening δ307Δείκελονimage δ308Δείκηλαimages δ309Δεικνύνταshowing

Revision history7 revisions · last 13 Aug 2023

13 Aug 2023tweaked note 1 — Catharine Roth
3 Aug 2023expanded n.1, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
27 Dec 2021tweaked note — Catharine Roth
16 Jul 2016cosmeticules — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2015Revised — David Whitehead
19 Jun 2012betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2002augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Sep 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δείκελον (Adler number delta 307), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Sep 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/307

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