Εὐκηλήτειρα
soother
Translated by Ioannis Doukas14 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a rest-giver.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὐκηλήτειρα· ἡ ἡσυχάστρια.
Betacode
*eu)khlh/teira: h( h(suxa/stria.
Notes
- The feminine headword is attested only in (and quoted here from) Hesiod, Works and Days 464 (web address 1). Refers to fallow land; see the corresponding scholia. Identically glossed in Hesychius (and ps.-Zonaras); and cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v.
a)lecia/rh .
For the etymology cf. kappa 1506, kappa 1507; and see also epsilon 3536.