Κόλλοψ

tuning-peg

Translated by Catharine Roth29 Dec 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 15 words

[Meaning] the string [sc. of a kithara]. Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural] ko/llopas.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κόλλοψ· ἡ χορδή. καὶ Κόλλοπας.

Betacode

*ko/lloy: h( xordh/. kai\ *ko/llopas.

Notes (1)

cf. Etymologicum Magnum 525.30. See also Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and a scholion on Plato, Republic 531B (where the word occurs in the genitive plural: web address 1).
1Attested in Attic Comedy (Eubulus) and in Lucian. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ1924Κολλάβουςcakes, rollsThose loaves of bread that are similar in form to the pegs of the kithara. But some [say they are] a kind of four-cornered flatcake or small loaf; from change being made [kollubi/zesqai] from large [coins]. For…

Neighbouring entries

κ1955Κολοφώνsummit, top, colophon κ1956ΚολοφώνιοςKolophonios, Colophonius κ1957Κόλλοψtuning-peg κ1958Κολλῶμαι>20 δοτικῇI am glued, I am stuck κ1959Κολλώμενοςglued, welded

Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Dec 2014

22 Dec 2014coding — Catharine Roth
8 Mar 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
7 Mar 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
30 Dec 2008another note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
29 Dec 2008Translated — Catharine Roth