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Ἑπταβόειον · seven-ox[hide] (ε 2866) · 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 ε2866

ε2862bought
ε2863furnished, offered
ε2864presided over
ε2865seven
ε2866seven-ox[hide]
ε2867seven-sheared (?)
ε2868seven-fold
ε2869I sneezed
ε2870having stumbled

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2866

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Ἑπταβόειον

seven-ox[hide]

Translated by Catharine Roth20 Dec 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic
military affairs
trade and manufacture
zoology

3 words

Translation

[Meaning] seven-hide, seven-layered.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑπταβόειον· ἑπτάβυρσον, ἑπτάπτυχον.

Betacode

*(eptabo/eion: e(pta/burson, e(pta/ptuxon.

Notes

Same entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 7.220 (where, on the first of several occasions, this epithet is applied to Ajax's shield: see web address 1). See also theta 574.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε2864Ἐπρυτάνευσεpresided over ε2865Ἑπτάseven ε2866Ἑπταβόειονseven-ox[hide]ε2867Ἑπτάπεκτοςseven-sheared (?)ε2868Ἑπταπλασίοναseven-fold

Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Apr 2015

7 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
28 Oct 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
25 Oct 2012tweaked note — David Whitehead
18 Feb 2008added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
21 Dec 2007augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
20 Dec 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἑπταβόειον (Adler number epsilon 2866), trans. Catharine Roth, 20 Dec 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2866

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 ↗