Κάθετος

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The lamb let down into the sea. So Lysias and Meliton [sc. use the term].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κάθετος· ὁ καθειμένος εἰς τὸ πέλαγος ἀμνός. οὕτως Λυσίας καὶ Μελίτων.

Betacode

*ka/qetos: o( kaqeime/nos ei)s to\ pe/lagos a)mno/s. ou(/tws *lusi/as kai\ *meli/twn.

Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
1Lysias fr. 227 Sauppe (now 281 Carey OCT); Meliton FGrH 345 F1. In his commentary on the latter passage, Jacoby quotes other lexica where the animal concerned is an ox (offered to Poseidon), but he counsels against any assumption that the same ritual is involved. ↩

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