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Ἐλεδανός · band [for binding corn-sheaves] (ε 779) · Suda

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Near ε779

ε775reproach
ε776most worthy of reproof, very worthy of reproof
ε777we reproach, we test
ε778disgrace, dishonour, reproach
ε779band [for binding corn-sheaves]
ε780eledone
ε781pitiable
ε782pitiably
ε783they were plundering, they were rustling

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε779

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Ἐλεδανός

band [for binding corn-sheaves]

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Mar 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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3 words

Translation

[Meaning] a bond.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλεδανός· ὁ δεσμός.

Betacode

*)eledano/s: o( desmo/s.

Notes

Similarly in Hesychius and other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia on Homer, Iliad 18.553, where the dative plural phrase e)n e)lladanoi=si occurs (as part of a description of an agricultural scene depicted on Achilles' new shield: web address 1). Some mss there have ei)ledanoi=si (cf. epsiloniota 102), but double lambda is the usual way of making this noun metrically suitable for hexameter verse: so also Homeric Hymn to Demeter 456 and Hesiod, Shield 291.
Most of the lexica do give the word with double lambda; exceptions like the present entry (and iota 304) give variants that are not independently attested.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ει102Εἰλεδανόςeiledanos[Meaning] chain/fetter.

Neighbouring entries

ε777Ἐλέγχομενwe reproach, we test ε778Ἔλεγχοςdisgrace, dishonour, reproach ε779Ἐλεδανόςband [for binding corn-sheaves]ε780Ἐλεδώνηeledone ε781Ἐλεεινόςpitiable

Revision history3 revisions · last 16 Dec 2015

16 Dec 2015rearranged and expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
12 Aug 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
13 Mar 2006Revised — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλεδανός (Adler number epsilon 779), trans. Catharine Roth, 11 Mar 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/779

Translation by Catharine Roth 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 ↗