Κιγκλίδας
latticed gates
Translated by Nick Nicholas20 Nov 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] particularly the double gates, the ones that they call double-folding. Or kinklis, [meaning] the hole, through which the key (kleis) is pushed.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κιγκλίδας· ἰδίως τὰς διπλᾶς θύρας, ἅστινας δικλίδας φασίν. ἢ κιγκλίς, ἡ ὀπή, δι' ἧς ἡ κλεὶς πέμπεται.
Betacode
*kigkli/das: i)di/ws ta\s dipla=s qu/ras, a(/stinas dikli/das fasi/n. h)\ kigkli/s, h( o)ph/, di' h(=s h( klei\s pe/mpetai.
Notes (1)
- The headword noun (cf. kappa 1583) is here in the accusative plural. This form occurs in (e.g.) Plutarch, Caesar 68.1, and Libanius, Letters 119.3 and Speeches 1.41. However, the entire definition is taken, with slight wording changes, from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 641, glossing
kigkli/da in the accusative singular. - 1Apart from the scholia to Aristophanes (see above), the etymology is also alluded to by Eustathius, Commentary to the Iliad III p. 420 van der Valk, deriving both
dikli/s (the "double-folding" of the definition) andkigkli/s fromklei/s . ↩
Linked from3 entries
- κ1581Κιγκλιδάριοιgatekeepers[sc. So named] from the kinklis ["latticed gate"]. "Those in whose care the archives had been placed, and [concern] over other orderly behaviour; and [ensuring] that not everyone who wanted to could gain access…
- κ1583ΚιγκλίδεςlatticesThe doors of the jurycourts [sc. in classical Athens]. The chancel-screen, or [partition?] of the sacred house.
- κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail[Meaning he/she/it] stirs, rocks, makes a sound, moves.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas