Καστόριον
kastorion, castorium
Translated by David Whitehead17 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A kind of dye [made] from the mussel.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καστόριον· εἶδος βαφῆς ἀπὸ τῆς κογχύλης.
Betacode
*kasto/rion: ei)=dos bafh=s a)po\ th=s kogxu/lhs.
Notes
- Rather (LSJ), a beaver's secretion [cf. under kappa 465] used as a medicine.
(For mussels cf. kappa 1901.)
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead