Ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα

sixteen-hand

Translated by David Whitehead11 May 2003Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

[Meaning] sixteen palms [sc. in breadth]. For a palm-breadth is called a 'hand'.¹
Homer [writes]: "the horn was sixteen-hand."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα· ἑκκαίδεκα παλαιστῶν. δῶρον γὰρ καλεῖται ἡ παλαιστή. Ὅμηρος· τοῦ κέρα ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα πεφύκει.

Betacode

*(ekkaideka/dwra: e(kkai/deka palaistw=n. dw=ron ga\r kalei=tai h( palaisth/. *(/omhros: tou= ke/ra e(kkaideka/dwra pefu/kei.