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Ἐπαλείφων · smearing over [with oil] (ε 1943) · 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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ε1939was managing
ε1940passing over
ε1941interweavings
ε1942about to defend, intending to defend
ε1943smearing over [with oil]
ε1944having wandered over
ε1945in succession
ε1946battlements
ε1947coping (stone)

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Ἐπαλείφων

smearing over [with oil]

Translated by Catharine Roth20 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning he] exercising.¹
And anointing.
"Their helmets had been (?)covered with tin."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπαλείφων· γυμνάζων. καὶ χρίων. κασσιτέρῳ δὲ ἐπαλήλιπτο τὰ κράνη αὐτῶν.

Betacode

*)epalei/fwn: gumna/zwn. kai\ xri/wn. kassite/rw| de\ e)palh/lipto ta\ kra/nh au)tw=n.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword is present active participle of e)palei/fw, masculine nominative singular. Same or similar glossing in Hesychius and other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (and see under upsilon 500).
2Here the verb appears in the pluperfect middle-passive, third person singular (with neuter plural subject). The quotation, also in ps.-Zonaras, is unidentifiable. For tin, see kappa 457; for helmets, kappa 2325.

Neighbouring entries

ε1941Ἐπαλλάξειςinterweavings ε1942Ἐπαλεξήσωνabout to defend, intending to defend ε1943Ἐπαλείφωνsmearing over [with oil]ε1944Ἐπαληθείςhaving wandered over ε1945Ἐπάλληλονin succession

Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Jan 2016

20 Jan 2016cosmetics — Catharine Roth
19 Jan 2016Revised — David Whitehead
28 Sep 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2007expanded notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
20 Aug 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπαλείφων (Adler number epsilon 1943), trans. Catharine Roth, 20 Aug 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/1943

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