Κοχλίας
spiral, snail
Translated by David Whitehead19 Nov 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κοχλίας· ὁδὸς εἰς ἑκάτερον περιηγμένη. κοχλίας αὐτομάτως βαδίζων προηγεῖτο τῆς πομπῆς αὐτῷ σίαλον ἀναπτύων.
Betacode
*koxli/as: o(do\s ei)s e(ka/teron perihgme/nh. koxli/as au)toma/tws badi/zwn prohgei=to th=s pomph=s au)tw=| si/alon a)naptu/wn.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. generally the cluster of "spiral" meanings at LSJ s.v.
koxli/as , though they do not include this precise one. ↩ - 2Polybius 12.13.11, citing Demochares [FGrH 75 F4] on the vulgar ostentation of Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429); cf. sigma 352. For real snails cf. sigma 706, phi 221 (and kappa 2204). ↩
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