Κορύνη
club
Translated by Nick Nicholas9 Feb 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] cudgel. But others [sc. gloss it as] a sword, and others [as] a curved timber.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κορύνη· ῥόπαλον. οἱ δὲ ξίφος, οἱ δὲ ξύλον ἐπικαμπές.
Betacode
*koru/nh: r(o/palon. oi( de\ ci/fos, oi( de\ cu/lon e)pikampe/s.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (see the references at Photius kappa992 Theodoridis), and also in e.g. the Glosses to Herodotus 2.63 (
cu/lwn koru/nas e)/xontes , "with clubs of wood in their hands"). Compare also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 7.141; and kappa 2127.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Apr 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note, added keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas