Ἐγγυθήκη
vessel-stand
Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a certain item of furniture suitable for putting jars or basins or something not dissimilar on.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγγυθήκη· σκεῦός τι πρὸς τὸ κρατῆρας ἢ λέβητας ἤ τι τοιοῦτον οὐκ ἀλλότριον ἐπικεῖσθαι ἐπιτήδειον εἶναι.
Betacode
*)egguqh/kh: skeu=o/s ti pro\s to\ krath=ras h)\ le/bhtas h)/ ti toiou=ton ou)k a)llo/trion e)pikei=sqai e)pith/deion ei)=nai.
Notes
- According to Harpokration s.v. (from which the present entry derives), a lost lawcourt speech attributed to Lysias had been subtitled Concerning the Vessel-stand: no.XLV in Carey's OCT (pp.363-4).
The headword is here in its usual form, bute)gguoqh/kh occurs in Lucian, Lexiphanes 2.