Κορδύλη

club, swelling, head-wrap

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Jan 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 29 words

[Meaning] anything which projects out [from something] and is twisted together.¹ Also the binding around the shoulder. And [there is] a proverb: "[sc. someone] not worthy of a kordyle."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κορδύλη· πᾶν τὸ ἐξέχον καὶ συνεστραμμένον. καὶ ὁ περὶ τὸν ὦμον δεσμός. καὶ παροιμία, Κορδύλης οὐκ ἄξιος.

Betacode

*kordu/lh: pa=n to\ e)ce/xon kai\ sunestramme/non. kai\ o( peri\ to\n w)=mon desmo/s. kai\ paroimi/a, *kordu/lhs ou)k a)/cios.

Notes (2)

1Also kordu/la, Latin cordyla (Martial). See LSJ for various meanings; and cf. epsilon 86, nu 369, phi 28. ↩
2Appendix Proverbiorum 3.49 (where indeed the whole of the present entry occurs). ↩

Neighbouring entries

κ2071Κορδακίζειdances the kordax κ2072ΚορδυαῖοιKordyaioi, Cordyaeans κ2073Κορδύληclub, swelling, head-wrap κ2074ΚορέαςKoreai, Coreae κ2075Κορείαςof maidenhead

Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016

2 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
23 Mar 2015coding — Catharine Roth
11 Mar 2013cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2009more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2009Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

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