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Ἔγκυκλον · shawl, wrap (ε 135) · 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 ε135

ε131ash-baked
ε132have yourself rolled out
ε133everyday; general
ε134cyclical, periodic
ε135shawl, wrap
ε136pregnant
ε137to light upon
ε138fish-trap entrances, weel entrances
ε139to the skin

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε135

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Ἔγκυκλον

shawl, wrap

Translated by Elizabeth Vandiver23 Sep 2005Vetting: high8 revisions

clothing
comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
economics
gender and sexuality
+2
- religion
- women

4 notes · 50 words

Translation

[Meaning a] cloak.¹ Aristophanes [writes]: "I would [sc. help to stop the war], even if I had to pawn this shawl." ² And elsewhere: "bring a shawl! -- Take this one from the couch."³ And [it is] clear that the e)/gkuklon is a cloak, but the krokwto/s ["saffron-dyed"] a garment.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔγκυκλον· ἱμάτιον. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐγώ γ' ἂν κἂν εἴ με χρεῖ' ᾖ τοὔγκυκλον τουτὶ καταθεῖσαν. καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· φέρ' ἔγκυκλον τουτὶ λάμβαν' ἀπὸ τῆς κλινίδος. καὶ δῆλον, ὡς τὸ μὲν ἔγκυκλόν ἐστιν ἱμάτιον, ὁ δὲ κροκωτὸς ἔνδυμα.

Betacode

*)/egkuklon: i(ma/tion. *)aristofa/nhs: e)gw/ g' a)\n ka)\n ei)/ me xrei=' h)=| tou)/gkuklon touti\ kataqei=san. kai\ a)llaxou=: fe/r' e)/gkuklon touti\ la/mban' a)po\ th=s klini/dos. kai\ dh=lon, w(s to\ me\n e)/gkuklo/n e)stin i(ma/tion, o( de\ krokwto\s e)/nduma.

Notes (4)

The headword -- neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective e)/gkuklos, used as a substantive -- applies specifically to a woman's upper garment (LSJ).
See also kappa 1809, kappa 2460.
1Same glossing in Pausanias the Atticist epsilon7; and cf. Photius, Lexicon epsilon63. ↩
2An approximation of Aristophanes, Lysistrata 113-4 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩
4Aristophanes, Thesmophoriasuzae 261 (web address 2: the first speaker is Euripides, the second Agathon), with scholion. ↩
4Repeated at kappa 2461. The distinction being drawn is not self-evident as it stands, but perhaps there is enlightenment in the scholia to Ecclesiazusae 322: 'the krokotos is a Dionysiac garment'.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε133Ἐγκύκλιονeveryday; general ε134Ἐγκύκλιοςcyclical, periodic ε135Ἔγκυκλονshawl, wrap ε136Ἐγκύμονοςpregnant ε137Ἐγκυρῆσαιto light upon

Revision history8 revisions · last 5 Dec 2015

5 Dec 2015coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Jan 2014cosmeticule, coding — Catharine Roth
20 Jan 2014my typo — David Whitehead
26 Jul 2012augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Mar 2009tweaked translation, added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
25 Sep 2005Cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
25 Sep 2005augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Sep 2005set status — Catharine Roth
23 Sep 2005Translated — Elizabeth Vandiver

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔγκυκλον (Adler number epsilon 135), trans. Elizabeth Vandiver, 23 Sep 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/135

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