Λᾶας

rock

Translated by Catharine Roth30 Oct 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 17 words

[Meaning] stone.¹
In the Epigrams: "and a rock from porous stone, which sharpened a reed's dull edge."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λᾶας· λίθος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· πολυτρήτου τ' ἀπὸ πέτρης λᾶαν, ὃς ἀμβλεῖαν θῆγε γένυν καλάμου.

Betacode

*la=as: li/qos. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: polutrh/tou t' a)po\ pe/trhs la=an, o(\s a)mblei=an qh=ge ge/nun kala/mou.

1Likewise or similarly in other lexica and grammars, and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.319 or 3.12, where the headword occurs. Same headword and gloss at lambda 2. ↩
2Greek Anthology 6.67.3-4 (Julian), on the equipment of a scribe. ↩

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