Γύλιος
pack-basket
Translated by William Hutton13 Jul 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a soldier's basket, for carrying stuff; oblong, ending in a point to make it hard to break; in it they used to put cheese and olives and onions.
The so-called 'soldier's meal-case'.
There is is also an animal, the so-called 'choirogryllios'.1
Herakles is also called 'Gylios'.
Also [sc. attested is the neuter]gu/lion , a wickerwork vessel.
The so-called 'soldier's meal-case'.
There is is also an animal, the so-called 'choirogryllios'.1
Herakles is also called 'Gylios'.
Also [sc. attested is the neuter]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γύλιος· πλέγμα στρατιωτικὸν, σκευοφόρον, ἐπίμηκες, εἰς ὀξὺ λῆγον πρὸς τὸ μὴ κατάγνυσθαι· ἐν ᾧ κατετίθεντο τυρὸν καὶ ἐλαίας καὶ κρόμυα. ἡ λεγομένη στρατιωτικὴ ὀψοθήκη. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ζῷον ὁ καλούμενος χοιρογρύλλιος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς Γύλιος. καὶ Γύλιον, ἀγγεῖον πλεκτόν.
Betacode
*gu/lios: ple/gma stratiwtiko\n, skeuofo/ron, e)pi/mhkes, ei)s o)cu\ lh=gon pro\s to\ mh\ kata/gnusqai: e)n w(=| kateti/qento turo\n kai\ e)lai/as kai\ kro/mua. h( legome/nh stratiwtikh\ o)yoqh/kh. e)/sti de\ kai\ zw=|on o( kalou/menos xoirogru/llios. le/getai de\ kai\ o( *(hraklh=s *gu/lios. kai\ *gu/lion, a)ggei=on plekto/n.
Notes (1)
- Cobbled together from the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 527 (web address 1) and to Peace 788 (web address 2), and other sources; cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1097 (web address 3), Harpokration s.v.
gulio/s , and Sophron fr. 73 Kaibel (now 72 K.-A.). - 1The coney, Hyrax syriacus. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Dec 2014
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- small changes to tr; added a note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton