Κίστη
box, chest
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Nov 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κίστη καὶ Κίστις· ἀγγεῖον, ἐν ᾧ τὰ βρώματα κεῖται ἢ ἱμάτιά τινα. τὸ τ ἀντὶ τοῦ θ· κίσθη γάρ. οἱ δὲ τετραγώνους κίστας ἐτεκτήναντο πρὸς ἀνδρῶν ὑποδοχήν.
Betacode
*ki/sth kai\ *ki/stis: a)ggei=on, e)n w(=| ta\ brw/mata kei=tai h)\ i(ma/tia/ tina. to\ t a)nti\ tou= q: ki/sqh ga/r. oi( de\ tetragw/nous ki/stas e)tekth/nanto pro\s a)ndrw=n u(podoxh/n.
Notes (3)
- The headword is apparently presented in two variant forms,
ki/sth andki/stis (though see next note). For the former cf. kappa 1678; for the latter, kappa 1680. See also kappa 1578. - 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon: see the references at Photius kappa747 Theodoridis, where however the editor prints the second headword as koitis (from the Synagoge; cf. kappa 2570). ↩
- 2The spelling
ki/sqh is not elsewhere attested. ↩ - 3Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- κ1578Κιβωτόςbox[Meaning] coffer, chest. A kibwto/s and a ki/stis are different. [This is] because the ki/stis is for reception of foods, but the kibwto/s for [that of] garments and money.
- κ1678Κίστηbox[Meaning a] chest. "[...] and a many-eyed ink-holding box." In the Epigrams. And the plural [is] ki/stai.
- κ1680Κίστιςbox[*ki/stis, dative] ki/stei. But [sc. also attested is] kisti/s with accent on the last syllable, [genitive] kisti/dos, in Aristophanes.
- κ2570Κοῖτιςbedlet[Meaning] a small basket, in Attic dialect. For they call a basket a bedlet. It is what women put away their gold things in when they go to bed.
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