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Ἔστιξαν · they tattooed (ε 3225) · 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 ε3225

ε3221to what point still
ε3222Hestieis
ε3223she blackened her eyes
ε3224is
ε3225they tattooed
ε3226being feasted
ε3227feasting
ε3228there is an eye of justice which mere mortals should never despise
ε3229was mouthed

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3225

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Ἔστιξαν

they tattooed

Translated by William Hutton27 Jan 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] they made a mark on the forehead.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔστιξαν· τῷ μετώπῳ ὑπέγραψαν.

Betacode

*)/estican: tw=| metw/pw| u(pe/grayan.

Notes

The headword -- aorist indicative active, third person plural, of sti/zw (cf. sigma 1107) -- occurs in the sense indicated in a well-known passage of Herodotus, 7.233.2: web address 1), quoted in Plutarch's On the Malignity of Herodotus 866F, so it might be extracted from there. Alternatively, from some account of a notorious (but possibly apocryphal) tattooing incident which the Suda also discusses at sigma 75, sigma 77 (q.v. for further references) and tau 142.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ε3223Ἐστιμμίσατο τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆςshe blackened her eyes ε3224Ἐστίνis ε3225Ἔστιξανthey tattooed ε3226Ἑστιώμενοςbeing feasted ε3227Ἑστιῶνfeasting

Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Jan 2018

1 Jan 2018supplied link — Catharine Roth
1 Jan 2018supplied link — Catharine Roth
1 Nov 2012expanded note — David Whitehead
27 Jan 2008another x-ref; another keyword; typo — David Whitehead
27 Jan 2008Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔστιξαν (Adler number epsilon 3225), trans. William Hutton, 27 Jan 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3225

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗