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Ἐλασμὸς μολίβδου · sheet of lead (ε 746) · 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 ε746

ε742olive-gatherers
ε743olive-gatherers
ε744to drive
ε745breaking forth thunder-driving words
ε746sheet of lead
ε747driven
ε748Elateia, Elatea
ε749charioteeress, (female) driver
ε750broad-cake

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε746

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Ἐλασμὸς μολίβδου

sheet of lead

Translated by William Hutton29 Jan 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

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1 note · 7 words

Translation

"[They are] writing on sheets of leads."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλασμὸς μολίβδου· εἰς ἐλασμοὺς μολίβδων γράφοντες.

Betacode

*)elasmo\s moli/bdou: ei)s e)lasmou\s moli/bdwn gra/fontes.

Notes (1)

The unglossed headword phrase, in the (nominative) singular, is apparently generated by the one which constitutes the body of the entry; there both nouns, as indicated, are plurals.
1The phrase, again at mu 1209, is nowhere else attested in this precise form; rather, as Adler noted, it seems to be an approximation (or derivative) of Cassius Dio 46.36.4, e)s e)lasmo\n molu/bdou lepto\n e)ggrayante/s tina (of a secret message). On the same theme note also [DW] Aeneas Tacticus 31.7, ei)senexqei/h d' a)\n grafh\ kai\ e)n toi=s tw=n gunaikw=n w)si\n ... e)lasmou\s e)neilhme/nous leptou\s molibdi/nous.

Neighbouring entries

ε744Ἐλάσαιto drive ε745Ἐλασίβροντ' ἀναρρηγνὺς ἔπηbreaking forth thunder-driving words ε746Ἐλασμὸς μολίβδουsheet of lead ε747Ἐλαστρηθείςdriven ε748ἘλάτειαElateia, Elatea

Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Dec 2015

14 Dec 2015augmented and expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2007tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλασμὸς μολίβδου (Adler number epsilon 746), trans. William Hutton, 29 Jan 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/746

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗