Κούθουρον
dock-tailed
Translated by David Whitehead12 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[i.e.] kountouros. Drones, too, are called kouthouroi, from concealing [keuthein] their own rear [oura]. Or because [they are] stingless.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κούθουρον· τὸν κούντουρον. εἴρηνται δὲ καὶ οἱ κηφῆνες κούθουροι, παρὰ τὸ κεύθειν τὴν ἑαυτῶν οὐράν. ἢ ὅτι ἄκεντροι.
Betacode
*kou/qouron: to\n kou/ntouron. ei)/rhntai de\ kai\ oi( khfh=nes kou/qouroi, para\ to\ keu/qein th\n e(autw=n ou)ra/n. h)\ o(/ti a)/kentroi.
Notes
- The headword and the gloss -- the latter being a variant of the former -- are masculine accusative singulars. The headword is evidently quoted from somewhere, but is otherwise unattested, either in this spelling (kouthouros) or as kothouros.
cf. Etymologicum Magnum 524.41, and the scholia to Plato, Laws 901A.
See also kappa 1910 (and kappa 1561); and kappa 1435 for keuthein.
Linked from3 entries
- κ1435Κεύθεινto conceal, to cover[Meaning] to hide.
- κ1561Κηφήνdrone[Meaning] the wild bee. [Meaning someone] idle, unsuccessful, fickle. "Belisarius said with a laugh: '[it is] not right that the drones are destroyed by others with a great effort, while others benefit from the honey on…
- κ1910Κόθουροςdock-tailed, stingless[Meaning] one hiding [sc. a sting].
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016
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- typo, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead