Κλοιός
collar
Translated by Nick Nicholas9 Dec 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλοιός· περιτραχήλιος δεσμός. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ὡς δ' ἴδ' ὁμοίην εἰκόνα, παντοίῳ σχήματι φαινομένην, κλοιὸν ἔχων πέλας ἦλθε, λέγων Λευκῶνι, κελεύειν τῷ κυνὶ καὶ βαίνειν· πεῖθε γὰρ ὡς ὑλάων.
Betacode
*kloio/s: peritraxh/lios desmo/s. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: w(s d' i)/d' o(moi/hn ei)ko/na, pantoi/w| sxh/mati fainome/nhn, kloio\n e)/xwn pe/las h)=lqe, le/gwn *leukw=ni, keleu/ein tw=| kuni\ kai\ bai/nein: pei=qe ga\r w(s u(la/wn.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa795 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 6.175.3-6 (Macedonius the Consul), here mis-stressing the name
*leu/kwni : "The dog, an expert in all fierce hunts, was sculpted by Leukon, and dedicated by Alkimenes. Alkimenes could not find anything to fault. But when he saw...". See another quote from this epigram at iota 124. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 18 Aug 2023
- added cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
- tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas