Κύρβασις
cap
Translated by David Whitehead25 Oct 2005Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
Some [equate it with the] tiara,1 which the Persians' kings wear upright, but the generals bent over. Also a kind of headgear, and [a kind of] pilos.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κύρβασις· ἔνιοι μὲν τιάρα, ᾗ οἱ μὲν βασιλεῖς τῶν Περσῶν ὀρθῇ ἐχρῶντο, οἱ δὲ στρατηγοὶ ἐπικεκλιμένῃ. καὶ περικεφαλαίας εἶδος, καὶ πίλου.
Betacode
*ku/rbasis: e)/nioi me\n tia/ra, h(=| oi( me\n basilei=s tw=n *persw=n o)rqh=| e)xrw=nto, oi( de\ strathgoi\ e)pikeklime/nh|. kai\ perikefalai/as ei)=dos, kai\ pi/lou.
Notes (1)
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1232 Theodoridis. The material comes in part from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 487 (see already under kappa 2741) and in part from glosses on Herodotus 7.64 (web address 1). See also under kappa 2744 and pi 1602. The word is probably of Persian origin: see bibliography.
- 1The particle
me/n in most of the manuscripts suggests a 'some...others...' construction (though ms M omits it). ↩
References
Bertrand Hemmerdinger, "173 noms communs grecs d'origine iranienne," Byzantinoslavica 32 (1971) 52-55
Christopher Tuplin, "Treacherous Hearts and Upright Tiaras: The Achaemenid King's Head-Dress," Persian Responses: Political and Cultural Interaction with(in) the Achaemenid Empire, ed. C. Tuplin (Swansea 2007) 67-97
Christopher Tuplin, "Treacherous Hearts and Upright Tiaras: The Achaemenid King's Head-Dress," Persian Responses: Political and Cultural Interaction with(in) the Achaemenid Empire, ed. C. Tuplin (Swansea 2007) 67-97
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ2741Κυρβασίανcap[A term for] a cockerel's head.
- 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 history9 revisions · last 25 Apr 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- rearranged bibliography — David Whitehead
- rearranged notes — Catharine Roth
- Revised — Rustam Shukurov
- 1) a bibliographic reference added%%2) etymology added — Rustam Shukurov
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added bibliography — Catharine Roth
- more x-refs — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead