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Ἑδώλια · decking (ε 255) · Suda

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Near ε255

ε251they paid the penalty, they submitted to trial
ε252Edouoi, Edui
ε253victuals
ε254edible
ε255decking
ε256to furnish with seats
ε257to floor
ε258Edom
ε259eating

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε255

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Ἑδώλια

decking

Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

daily life
definition
historiography
science and technology
trade and manufacture
tragedy

2 notes · 28 words

Translation

[Meaning] the planks of ships; strictly speaking, the ones on which the rowers sit.¹
Thrones.
Alternatively seats, [as in] Sophocles: "anciently-wealthy seats of his father".² Meaning ancient residences.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑδώλια· τὰ σανιδώματα τῶν πλοίων· κυρίως, ἐφ' ὧν οἱ ἐρέται καθέζονται. καθέδραι. ἢ ἑδράσματα, Σοφοκλῆς· ἀρχαιόπλουτα πατρὸς ἑδώλια. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀρχαῖα οἰκήματα.

Betacode

*(edw/lia: ta\ sanidw/mata tw=n ploi/wn: kuri/ws, e)f' w(=n oi( e)re/tai kaqe/zontai. kaqe/drai. h)\ e(dra/smata, *sofoklh=s: a)rxaio/plouta patro\s e(dw/lia. a)nti\ tou= a)rxai=a oi)kh/mata.

Notes (2)

LSJ s.v. e(dw/lion cites further instances of the several, related meanings this word can bear; and cf. epsilon 257 (also epsiloniota 42).
1From Harpokration s.v. e(dwlia/sai, citing Herodotus 1.24.4. ↩
2Sophocles, Elektra 1393, with scholion.

Neighbouring entries

ε253Ἐδωδήvictuals ε254Ἐδωδίμωνedible ε255Ἑδώλιαdecking ε256Ἑδωλιάσαιto furnish with seats ε257Ἑδωλιάσαιto floor

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Apr 2018

1 Apr 2018cross-reference — Catharine Roth
6 Dec 2015Revised — David Whitehead
6 Jul 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2002added note and keywords — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2002cosmetics — Catharine Roth
30 Oct 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἑδώλια (Adler number epsilon 255), trans. David Whitehead, 30 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/255

Translation by David Whitehead 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 ↗