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Ἐπίβλημα · covering, mantle, patch (ε 2234) · Suda

Letters

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 ε2234

ε2230marine
ε2231marine
ε2232I set foot on, I walk on
ε2233they have come upon
ε2234covering, mantle, patch
ε2235bar
ε2236bar
ε2237call, cry, shout
ε2238thought, principle, impost, penalty, fine

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2234

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Ἐπίβλημα

covering, mantle, patch

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Sep 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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9 words

Translation

[Meaning] that which is put on the previous [thing].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπίβλημα· τὸ τῷ προτέρῳ ἐπιβαλλόμενον.

Betacode

*)epi/blhma: to\ tw=| prote/rw| e)piballo/menon.

Notes

This neuter noun is applied to bedspreads, hangings, patches, mantles, decorative embroidery -- most famously in the synoptic Gospels: "no man sews a patch onto an old garment" (Matthew 9.16, Mark 2.21, Luke 5.36). See generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1). Glossed by Hesychius (epsilon4641) as pw=ma "lid" or r(a/kos "ragged garment." The present, rather gauche, entry has no parallel in other lexica.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε2232ἘπιβαίνωI set foot on, I walk on ε2233Ἐπιβεβήκασινthey have come upon ε2234Ἐπίβλημαcovering, mantle, patch ε2235Ἐπιβλήςbar ε2236Ἐπιβλήτηςbar

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Sep 2014

12 Sep 2014note cosmetic — David Whitehead
11 Sep 2014coding — Catharine Roth
10 Oct 2012expanded note; added a keyword — David Whitehead
13 Sep 2007augmented headword, note, keywords — David Whitehead
13 Sep 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπίβλημα (Adler number epsilon 2234), trans. Catharine Roth, 13 Sep 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2234

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