Κύμβιον
cuplet
Translated by David Whitehead3 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A kind of beaker, long and narrow, and shaped like the boat which is [also] called a cuplet.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κύμβιον· εἶδός τι ἐκπώματος ἐπίμηκες καὶ στενόν, καὶ τῷ σχήματι παρόμοιον τῷ πλοίῳ, ὃ καλεῖται κύμβιον.
Betacode
*ku/mbion: ei)=do/s ti e)kpw/matos e)pi/mhkes kai\ steno/n, kai\ tw=| sxh/mati paro/moion tw=| ploi/w|, o(\ kalei=tai ku/mbion.
Notes
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on this word's appearance in Demosthenes 21.133 and 158 (and citing Didymus for the extra information given).
cf. kappa 2682.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead