Καθιμῶσι
they let down, they lower
Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they loosen. Also [sc. attested is the aorist infinitive] kaqimh=sai ["to lower"], [meaning] to let down a cord, or something of the sort.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καθιμῶσι· χαλῶσι. καὶ καθιμῆσαι, χαλάσαι σχοινίον, ἤ τι τοιοῦτον.
Betacode
*kaqimw=si: xalw=si. kai\ kaqimh=sai, xala/sai sxoini/on, h)/ ti toiou=ton.
Notes
- Same entry or similar entry in other lexica. The headword is third person plural, present active indicative or subjunctive, of
kaqima/w . It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities (all with the nu ephelkustikon) include Josephus, Plutarch and Philo Judaeus.
See also iota 331, iota 359, and kappa 110.