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Κημός · funnel, muzzle (κ 1520) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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κ1516stallion, he-ass
κ1517stallion
κ1518probing down with a funnel
κ1519muzzle
κ1520funnel, muzzle
κ1521Kenaian, Cenaean
κ1522census
κ1523census
κ1524censor

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Κημός

funnel, muzzle

Translated by Nick Nicholas17 Nov 2008Vetting: high7 revisions

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Translation

[An item of] conical wickerwork, through which the jurors deposit their vote into the urn.
Aristophanes [writes]: "and I would stand by the funnels".¹
Also, what is put on horses,² and a woman's front ornament,³ and piping halters,⁴ and a kind of ring, and a certain herb, and a certain legume amongst Thracians.
In the Epigrams: "and a muzzle pierced on both sides for yielding (?)"⁵
Also a certain mechanical fire-throwing engine.⁶

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κημός· πλέγμα κωνοειδές, δι' οὗ καθιᾶσιν οἱ δικασταὶ τὴν ψῆφον εἰς τὸν κάδον. Ἀριστοφάνης· κἀπισταίην ἐπὶ τοῖς κημοῖς. καὶ τὸ τοῖς ἵπποις ἐπιτιθέμενον, καὶ γυναικεῖον προκόσμημα, καὶ αἱ αὐλητικαὶ φορβειαί, καὶ κρίκου τι γένος, καὶ πόα τις, καὶ ὄσπριόν τι παρὰ Θρᾳξίν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· καὶ ἀμφίτρητον ὑπεικτὰν κημόν. καὶ μηχανικόν τι πυρφόρον μηχάνημα.

Betacode

*khmo/s: ple/gma kwnoeide/s, di' ou(= kaqia=sin oi( dikastai\ th\n yh=fon ei)s to\n ka/don. *)aristofa/nhs: ka)pistai/hn e)pi\ toi=s khmoi=s. kai\ to\ toi=s i(/ppois e)pitiqe/menon, kai\ gunaikei=on proko/smhma, kai\ ai( au)lhtikai\ forbeiai/, kai\ kri/kou ti ge/nos, kai\ po/a tis, kai\ o)/sprio/n ti para\ *qra|ci/n. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ a)mfi/trhton u(peikta\n khmo/n. kai\ mhxaniko/n ti purfo/ron mhxa/nhma.

Notes (6)

The inital glosses follows Photius, Lexicon kappa665 Theodoridis, but the quotations are additions. Similar glossing in other lexica and in Aristophanic scholia
1Aristophanes, Wasps 755; LSJ s.v. II.2; see also kappa 1518. ↩
2i.e. a muzzle (LSJ s.v. I.1, kappa 1519), or nose-bag (LSJ s.v. I.2). ↩
3LSJ s.v. III; also Hesychius s.v. ↩
4Distortion of au)lwto\s fimo/s, Aeschylus fr. 44.A.647 Mette, a muzzle with pipes attached: "who had four yoke-bearing colts, muzzled with piping muzzles". Defined as a khmo/s in Pausanias the Atticist *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ and Hesychius s.v. au)lwtoi\ fimoi/: "piping muzzles: muzzles [khmoi/]; because bells are attached to the muzzles, and when the horses blow into them, they produced a sound like a trumpet." ↩
5Greek Anthology 6.233.1-2 (Maikios/Maecius), dedication of various items associated with a horse (halter, muzzle, and kneebands) to Poseidon; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 282-283) and further excerpts from this epigram at gamma 373, mu 266, mu 1430, and psi 66. As Gow and Page note (vol. II, 314-315), a)mfi/trhton readily suggests a muzzle pierced on both sides to facilitate the attachment of straps; instead, they consider it more likely that here the muzzle is as thoroughly pierced as a colander, as described by Anderson (43). The Suda here follows the Anthologia Palatina in transmitting u(peikta/n (feminine accusative singular, Doric spelling, "for yielding"). Gow and Page (vol. I, 282-283) adopt Bernhardy's emendation, u(peirkta/n or u(perkta/n: "the pierced constraining muzzle". ↩
6Adler (apparatus) labelled this final item faulty. In fact it summarises Polybius 21.7.1-4, esp. 2: see pi 3252. ↩

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
J.K. Anderson, Ancient Greek Horsemanship, (Berkeley, 1961)

Linked from4 entries

γ373Γομφίουςmolars[Meaning] teeth, fastenings. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] gomfio/doupa xalina/ ["molar-rattling bits"]; [it occurs] in the Epigrams: [it means] those which ring against the molars, that is the jaws.
κ1518Κημὸν καταμηλῶνprobing down with a funnelAristophanes [writes]: "then I force them to vomit up all they have robbed from me [, probing down with a funnel]". They say "to probe down" of a doctor sending a probe down into the throat, as those who vomit do. The…
κ1519Κημόςmuzzle[Meaning] a kind of bridle; or a gag. "Goads urging on the way, and a muzzle familiar to the nose."
κ2277Κωνοειδέςconical, cone-shaped[Meaning] a shape of such a kind, like strobilos-shaped. And in the Epigrams: "and on her chest the marble cones of her breasts were still upright."

Neighbouring entries

κ1518Κημὸν καταμηλῶνprobing down with a funnel κ1519Κημόςmuzzle κ1520Κημόςfunnel, muzzle κ1521ΚηναῖοςKenaian, Cenaean κ1522Κῆνσοςcensus

Revision history7 revisions · last 7 Aug 2019

7 Aug 2019expanded n.5 — Ronald Allen
6 Aug 2019corrected coding — Ronald Allen
6 Aug 2019expanded n.5, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
1 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
21 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 Mar 2011expanded n.6; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Nov 2008more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Nov 2008Translated — Nick Nicholas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κημός (Adler number kappa 1520), trans. Nick Nicholas, 17 Nov 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1520

Translation by Nick Nicholas for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗