Κόννους

trinkets

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Mar 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

"Everyone was presented with suitable gifts, trinkets and armlets for the boys,¹ drambai² and knives for the young men." Polybius says [this].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κόννους· ἐδωρεῖτο δὲ πᾶσι τὰ πρέποντα, τοῖς μὲν παισὶ κόννους καὶ ψέλλια, τοῖς δὲ νεανίσκοις δραμβὰς καὶ μαχαίρας. Πολύβιός φησι.

Betacode

*ko/nnous: e)dwrei=to de\ pa=si ta\ pre/ponta, toi=s me\n paisi\ ko/nnous kai\ ye/llia, toi=s de\ neani/skois dramba\s kai\ maxai/ras. *polu/bio/s fhsi.

Notes (2)

The headword, evidently extracted from the quotation carelessly given (Polybius 10.18.6, web address 1), is accusative plural of the noun ko/nnos (in Polybius ko/nos).
1(Carthaginian) girls in Polybius. ↩
2A word otherwise unattested; and the mss of Polybius have r(amfa/s, "bills, hooked knives." ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ2045Κόνος ἀρτοξύῃkonos artoxuei, donkey scratch[es] back (?)A proverb [used] in reference to those exchanging benefits.

Neighbouring entries

κ2045Κόνος ἀρτοξύῃkonos artoxuei, donkey scratch[es] back (?)κ2046ΚονοσκογκόλοροςKonoskonkoloros κ2047Κόννουςtrinkets κ2048Κόννου ψῆφονKonnos' vote κ2049ΚονῶI am active, I will be active

Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Dec 2019

30 Dec 2019tweaked link — Catharine Roth
8 Apr 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
11 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2009augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Mar 2009Translated — Catharine Roth