Ἱστιορράφος
sail-patcher
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] knavish. From a metaphor of those who stitch rigging. And the Egyptians are linen-makers. Aristophanes [writes]: "a sail-mender almost [took] this woman".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἱστιορράφος· πανοῦργος. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν τὰ ἄρμενα ῥαπτόντων. καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι δὲ λινοποιοί εἰσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὀλίγου ταύτην ἱστιορράφος.
Betacode
*(istiorra/fos: panou=rgos. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n ta\ a)/rmena r(apto/ntwn. kai\ oi( *ai)gu/ptioi de\ linopoioi/ ei)sin. *)aristofa/nhs: o)li/gou tau/thn i(stiorra/fos.