Κναφεύς
carder, fuller
Translated by Nick Nicholas14 Dec 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
From the [verb] knw= , [meaning] I scratch. Homer [writes]: "but that on this she would grate (knh=| ) goat's cheese with a bronze grater".1 And a gnapheus [sc. is so called] from the "carding" [gnapsis] of "cloth" [phâros]; [gnapsis] is from "polished" [ganon] and "bright" [lampron].2 And the [sc. spelling] with "g" is koine, while with "k" is Attic.3 And Aristophanes [writes]: "if the fullers would supply tunics to the poor after the sun started turning away [i.e. the onset of winter], none of us would be damaged by pleurisy."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κναφεύς· παρὰ τὸ κνῶ, τὸ ξύω. Ὅμηρος· ἐπὶ δ' αἴγειον κνῇ τυρὸν κνήστι χαλκείῃ. γναφεὺς δὲ παρὰ τὴν τοῦ φάρους γνάψιν· ἥτις ἐστὶ παρὰ τὸ γανὸν καὶ λαμπρόν. καὶ ἔστι τὸ μὲν διὰ τοῦ γ κοινόν, τὸ δὲ διὰ τοῦ κ Ἀττικόν. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· ἢν παρέχωσι τοῖς δεομένοις οἱ κναφεῖς χλαίνας, ἐπειδὰν πρῶτον ἥλιος τραπῇ, πλευρῖτις ἂν ὑμῶν οὐδένα βλάψοι ποτέ.
Betacode
*knafeu/s: para\ to\ knw=, to\ cu/w. *(/omhros: e)pi\ d' ai)/geion knh=| turo\n knh/sti xalkei/h|. gnafeu\s de\ para\ th\n tou= fa/rous gna/yin: h(/tis e)sti\ para\ to\ gano\n kai\ lampro/n. kai\ e)/sti to\ me\n dia\ tou= g koino/n, to\ de\ dia\ tou= k *)attiko/n. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: h)\n pare/xwsi toi=s deome/nois oi( knafei=s xlai/nas, e)peida\n prw=ton h(/lios traph=|, pleuri=tis a)\n u(mw=n ou)de/na bla/yoi pote/.
Notes (4)
- 1Homer, Iliad 11.639-640.
knh=| is cited as a subjunctive both here and in kappa 1862, instead of the unaugmented imperfect indicative. ↩ - 2Etymology from the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 166.
gna/yis is indeed "carding", as used in Plato, Politicus 282E. The derivation from "polish" and "bright" (already at gamma 329) is fantastical. ↩ - 3Also in gamma 328. ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 415-417; cf. gamma 330, tau 406. Our accepted text has the Attic plural
knafh=s , and ends "none of you would be seized by pleurisy". ↩
Linked from4 entries
- γ328ΓναφεύςfullerCommonly [spelled] with gamma, but in Attic with kappa [i.e. knapheus]. But a knaphos is something spiky, with which they scrape their cloaks. From the [verb] knw=, i.e. I scrape. And search under knapheus.
- γ329Γνάψιςdressing [of cloth], fulling[sc. Illustrates] the same thing. From the [term] gano/n ["polished"], i.e. bright.
- γ330ΓναφεύςfullerIt is applied to washing in the evangelist Mark in the chapter of [ = on] the Transfiguration. But in the kappa [entry]: there lies a usage of Aristophanes, thus: "if the fullers supplied cloaks to those who needed…
- κ1871Κνῆστιςgrater, cheese-grater[Meaning a] knife. Homer [writes]: "with a bronze grater". And in the Epigrams: "and the well-wrought in brass and well-curved flesh-hook and grater".
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Sep 2019
- cosmeticules — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas