Κυρβασίαν
cap
Translated by David Whitehead25 Oct 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[A term for] a cockerel's head.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυρβασίαν· κεφαλὴν ἀλέκτορος.
Betacode
*kurbasi/an: kefalh\n a)le/ktoros.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword, a feminine noun, is here in the accusative case and thus taken to be extracted from Aristophanes, Birds 487, where the appearance of a cockerel is in question (see web address 1).
For the Persian cap see the next entry, kappa 2742; also kappa 2744 and pi 1602.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ2742ΚύρβασιςcapSome [equate it with the] tiara, which the Persians' kings wear upright, but the generals bent over. Also a kind of headgear, and [a kind of] pilos.
- κ2744Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets[Meaning] three-sided planks, on which the [sc. Athenians'] laws about sacred matters were written as well as the civic ones. And those having the laws concerning private matters were called axles and were rectangular.…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead