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Ἐλάτειραν · charioteeress, (female) driver (ε 749) · 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 ε749

ε745breaking forth thunder-driving words
ε746sheet of lead
ε747driven
ε748Elateia, Elatea
ε749charioteeress, (female) driver
ε750broad-cake
ε751driver
ε752I am at a disadvantage
ε753they drive

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε749

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Ἐλάτειραν

charioteeress, (female) driver

Translated by Catharine Roth31 Jan 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning one] capable of driving away.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλάτειραν· ἀπελαστικήν.

Betacode

*)ela/teiran: a)pelastikh/n.

Notes

Same entry in Photius and elsewhere, but a problematic one. The headword is ostensibly the feminine accusative singular of e)lath/r (epsilon 750, epsilon 751), quoted from somewhere most likely to be Pindar fr.89a Snell-Maehler (qoa=n i(/ppwn e)la/teiran, a phrase apparently referring to Artemis). On the other hand:
(a) This same accusative singular also occurs, in a figurative sense (e.g. driving away falsehood), in Christian writers such as John of Damascus and Dionysius the Areopagite.
(b) Lexica Segueriana 215.21 has (in this alphabetical position) the ungrammatical entry e)lath=ra: a)pelatikh/n.

Linked from2 entries

ε750Ἐλατήρbroad-cake[Meaning] a flat pastry like a cake; hence its name [e)lath/r], from being driven [e)lau/nesqai] with the hands into flatness. Or a hollow loaf of bread, in which they used to put the bean soup and bring it to the…
ε751Ἐλατῆριdriver[Meaning] charioteer.

Neighbouring entries

ε747Ἐλαστρηθείςdriven ε748ἘλάτειαElateia, Elatea ε749Ἐλάτειρανcharioteeress, (female) driver ε750Ἐλατήρbroad-cake ε751Ἐλατῆριdriver

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Dec 2015

14 Dec 2015coding — Catharine Roth
14 Dec 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2012expanded note — David Whitehead
31 Jan 2007augmented headword, notes, keywords — David Whitehead
31 Jan 2007Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλάτειραν (Adler number epsilon 749), trans. Catharine Roth, 31 Jan 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/749

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 ↗