Κηκίς

wood-stain, oak-gall

Translated by David Whitehead1 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 23 words

Translation

[Meaning] sharpness.
Alternatively khki/s, an astringent dyestuff; or a fruit of the oak suitable for dying.1
Also [sc. attested] in the neuter khki/dion.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κηκίς· ὀξύτης. ἢ Κηκίς, βαμματικὸν στύμμα· ἢ καρπὸς τῆς δρυὸς ἐπιτήδειος εἰς βαφήν. καὶ οὐδετέρως Κηκίδιον.

Betacode
*khki/s: o)cu/ths. h)\ *khki/s, bammatiko\n stu/mma: h)\ karpo\s th=s druo\s e)pith/deios ei)s bafh/n. kai\ ou)dete/rws *khki/dion. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 27.10 & 43. See also the note at kappa 1500. ↩
  2. 2See LSJ s.v. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Feb 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“wood-stain, oak-gall.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 1 December 2000. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1501>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/kappa/1501>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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