Ἠγαλέη
êgaleê
Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo22 Jun 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
To do with care/service(?).
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἠγαλέη· ἡ θεραπευτική.
Betacode
*)hgale/h: h( qerapeutikh/.
Notes
- An Ambrosian entry: according to Adler, identically in Ambrosianus 35 (though Laurentianus f187 has
qerapnh/ 'woman servant', which could be a faulty transcription of the glossqerapeutikh/ ).
The entry as it stands is problematic. The headword is an adjective which occurs in the feminine form in a fragment ascribed to Callimachus, in reference to a pitcher; probably with the meaning 'broken in pieces' (so LSJ s.v.). It seems to be attested in the masculine or neuter form in Hesychius eta27:kolobo/n. kateago/s. koi=lon. eu)/qlaston ; 'truncated, broken in pieces, hollow, easily bruised'. Since these meanings are difficult to combine with the present glossqerapeutikh/ , the interpretation of ps.-Zonaras eta973.12 may be preferable:h)galle/h , froma)ga/llw 'I pay honour' (cf. eta 30).