Κίσσηρις

pumice-stone

Translated by Nick Nicholas24 Nov 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 18 words

"A dry porous rock of the sea."¹ And elsewhere: "and a jagged rock, an ornament sharpening reeds well."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κίσσηρις. αὐχμηρὸν πόντου τρηματόεντα λίθον. καὶ αὖθις· τρηχαλέην τε λίθον, δονάκων εὐθηγέα κόσμον.

Betacode

*ki/sshris. au)xmhro\n po/ntou trhmato/enta li/qon. kai\ au)=qis: trhxale/hn te li/qon, dona/kwn eu)qhge/a ko/smon.

Notes (2)

On this headword see generally LSJ s.v. ki/shris (sic: the double sigma spelling, as here, is castigated as erroneous).
1Greek Anthology 6.62.4 (Philip of Thessalonica), immediately following a mention of pumice-stone in line 3, in a listing of scribes' tools; cf. already at theta 386. See additional excerpts from this epigram at kappa 316 and sigma 742. ↩
2Greek Anthology 6.63.5 (Damocharis), likewise listing scribes' tools. ↩

Linked from1 entry

κ316ΚανονίςrulerA tool for calligraphy. In the Epigrams: "and the finest ruler."

Neighbouring entries

κ1668Κίςweevil κ1669ΚισσηΐςKisseis κ1670Κίσσηριςpumice-stone κ1671Κισσηροειδέςpumice-like, pumice-stone-like κ1672Κισσηφερήςivy-bearing, ivy-clad

Revision history6 revisions · last 6 Dec 2022

6 Dec 2022added cross-references n.1 — Ronald Allen
24 Aug 2019typo — Catharine Roth
23 Jun 2019typo n.1 — Ronald Allen
6 Dec 2018expanded notes — Catharine Roth
25 Feb 2013more keywords — David Whitehead
25 Nov 2008keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Nov 2008Translated — Nick Nicholas