Κέρκος
tail
Translated by Nick Nicholas5 Nov 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κέρκος· ἡ οὐρά. διεβίβαζε δὲ τοὺς ἱππεῖς, ἑκάστου τῶν ἱππέων ἐκ τῆς κέρκου πεζοῦ προσηρτημένου.
Betacode
*ke/rkos: h( ou)ra/. diebi/baze de\ tou\s i(ppei=s, e(ka/stou tw=n i(ppe/wn e)k th=s ke/rkou pezou= proshrthme/nou.
Notes (2)
- 1As in kappa 1402, the Attic word for tail is glossed with
ou)ra/ , which survived into the Modern vernacular. ↩ - 2Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- κ1402Κέρκοςtail[Meaning] the tail of reptiles, and of any animal. [Derived] from the [verb] to skip (skairein) and to crawl (herpein). Aristophanes [writes]: "look, take this hare's tail." [Meaning] the tail of the hare. For the fur…
- κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-menThere were two brothers on [the] earth, who displayed every sort of wickedness, and they were called Kerkopes, taking this name from the terrible nature of their deeds. For one of them was called Passalos and the other…
- κ1663Κίρκονfalcon[Meaning variously] a hawk, or a tail, or an oarsman. "And a tail kept lithe by the oil-flask." In the Epigrams. Of Nicephorus the Patriarch, dream-interpretation: "If you hold hawks, you would undoubtedly obtain what…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Feb 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; more keywords — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas