Κυνέας
caps
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Nov 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[A term] for head-coverings/helmets. [So called] either because they were made from dog-skins, or from [the name of] a certain Kuon who first devised them.1 In the [speech] Against Neaira Demosthenes mentions them thus: "those who wear the caps of silence."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυνέας· τὰς περικεφαλαίας. ἤτοι τὰς ἀπὸ κυνείων δερμάτων γιγνομένας, ἢ ἀπὸ Κυνός τινος, κατασκευάσαντος πρῶτον. μέμνηται Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Νεαίρας οὕτως· οἱ τὰς κυνᾶς τὰς σιωπὰς ἔχοντες.
Betacode
*kune/as: ta\s perikefalai/as. h)/toi ta\s a)po\ kunei/wn derma/twn gignome/nas, h)\ a)po\ *kuno/s tinos, kataskeua/santos prw=ton. me/mnhtai *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kata\ *neai/ras ou(/tws: oi( ta\s kuna=s ta\s siwpa\s e)/xontes.
Notes (2)
- Same entry in Photius, Lexicon kappa1203 Theodoridis. The headword is accusative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
cf. kappa 2698. - 1The nominative of this man's name is uncertain; he is mentioned in the genitive
*kuno/s , like the genitive ofku/wn "dog." ↩ - 2Garbled (first in Photius and again here) from [Demosthenes] 59.94; the phrase should be
oi( ta\s kuna=s ta\s *boiwti/as e)/xontes "those who wear Boeotian caps". See web address 1. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 13 Aug 2018
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- Translated — Catharine Roth