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Ἥμονες · throwers (η 357) · Suda

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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 η357

η353napkin
η354hemitumbion
η355half-robe
η356semivowel; half able to speak
η357throwers
η358or (if) someone has copied out a passage of Morsimos
η359I have my teeth set on edge
η360Mount Emodos, Mount Emodus
η361they were reaping

Suda/Η eta/η357

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Ἥμονες

throwers

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Sep 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic
military affairs

3 words

Translation

[Meaning] the javelin-men.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἥμονες· οἱ ἀκοντισταί.

Betacode

*(/hmones: oi( a)kontistai/.

Notes

From a scholion on Homer, Iliad 23.886, where the headword occurs (web address 1); likewise in other lexica. The term is derived from the verb i(/hmi.
cf. eta 276.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

η276Ἧμαmissile, projectile[Meaning a] dart/javelin.

Neighbouring entries

η355Ἡμιφάριονhalf-robe η356Ἡμίφωνονsemivowel; half able to speak η357Ἥμονεςthrowers η358Ἢ Μορσίμου τὶς ῥῆσιν ἐξεγράψατοor (if) someone has copied out a passage of Morsimos η359ᾙμωδιῶI have my teeth set on edge

Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Dec 2012

21 Dec 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
17 Dec 2012Revised — David Whitehead
7 Sep 2006x-ref — David Whitehead
7 Sep 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἥμονες (Adler number eta 357), trans. Catharine Roth, 7 Sep 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/eta/357

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 ↗